diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 15cb7ef90..bb8bfa2dc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set(Ledger_TEST_TIMEZONE "America/Chicago")

 # Point CMake at any custom modules we may ship
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.16.0")
+if ((${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.7.0") AND (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.16.0"))
   # use backported module from 3.15 (introduced 3.12) to support older versions of cmake
   list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/python-backport")
 endif()