diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e525f6d40..46c2769ec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,16 +11,20 @@ option (USE_RECEIVER "Receiver" OFF)
 option (USE_GUI "GUI" OFF)
 option (USE_TESTS "TESTS" ON)
 
-
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -std=c++11 ")
-
-
+#Testing for minimum version for compilers
 if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
-  # clang does not support -Wno-misleading-indentation 
+    # clang does not support -Wno-misleading-indentation 
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.2)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Clang version must be at least 3.2!")
+    endif()
 elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-misleading-indentation")
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.8)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "GCC version must be at least 4.8!")
+    endif()
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-misleading-indentation")
 endif()
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -std=c++11 ")
 
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=thread")
 set (CMAKE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=thread")
@@ -29,7 +33,6 @@ find_package(Qt4)
 find_package(Qwt 6)
 find_package(CBF)
 find_package(Doxygen)
-# find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
 
 if (USE_HDF5)
 	find_package(HDF5 1.10 COMPONENTS CXX)
@@ -40,7 +43,6 @@ set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN")
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
 
-
 #zmq
 add_library(zmq STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 set(ZMQ_STATIC_ARCHIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/slsSupportLib/include/libzmq.a)
@@ -48,7 +50,6 @@ set_target_properties(zmq PROPERTIES
     IMPORTED_LOCATION ${ZMQ_STATIC_ARCHIVE}
 )
 
-
 if (USE_TEXTCLIENT)
        add_subdirectory(slsDetectorSoftware)
 endif (USE_TEXTCLIENT)
@@ -57,8 +58,7 @@ if (USE_RECEIVER)
        add_subdirectory(slsReceiverSoftware)
        add_subdirectory(manual/manual-api)    
 endif (USE_RECEIVER)
-               
-               
+                    
 if (USE_GUI)   
        if (QT4_FOUND AND QWT_FOUND)
        add_subdirectory(slsDetectorGui)