diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 47ff6a2f5f30d964508fb8238fafbed3fa432bbc..1db8281bcf3550fc6d555ec718af55d4a9abae91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 set(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.5)
 
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
-
 project(cJSON C)
 
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 6)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 0)