diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e38dcbfc8..092159dc1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(process.h LMMS_HAVE_PROCESS_H)
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(locale.h LMMS_HAVE_LOCALE_H)
 
 # check for Qt4
+SET(QT_MIN_VERSION "4.4.0")
 FIND_PACKAGE(Qt4 REQUIRED)
 SET(QT_USE_QTXML 1)
 EXEC_PROGRAM(${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE} ARGS "-query QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS" OUTPUT_VARIABLE QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aab6ef36a..571d81342 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 2008-12-14	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
 	* CMakeLists.txt:
-	require at least CMake 2.6.0
+	- require at least CMake 2.6.0
+	- require at least Qt 4.4.0
 
 	* include/piano_roll.h:
 	* src/gui/piano_roll.cpp: