diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c968d8f8b..596ae44d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -185,24 +185,31 @@ if(NOT SW_BUILD)
   if(ENABLE_OPENJPEG)
     find_package(OpenJPEG CONFIG)
     if(OpenJPEG_FOUND)
-      set(pkgs_private "${pkgs_private} libopenjp2")
-      set(HAVE_LIBJP2K 1)
-      include_directories(${OPENJPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      if(WIN32)
-        if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-          add_definitions(-DOPJ_EXPORTS)
-        else()
-          add_definitions(-DOPJ_STATIC)
-        endif()
-      endif(WIN32)
-      message(STATUS "Found OpenJPEG: ${OPENJPEG_LIBRARIES} (${OPENJPEG_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENJPEG_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENJPEG_BUILD_VERSION})")
+      set(OPENJPEG_VERSION ${OPENJPEG_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENJPEG_MINOR_VERSION})
+        if(${OPENJPEG_VERSION} LESS "2.1")
+          message (STATUS "Your libopenjp version is too old ${OPENJPEG_VERSION}")
+          set(HAVE_LIBJP2K 0)
+        else(${OPENJPEG_VERSION} LESS "2.1")
+          set(pkgs_private "${pkgs_private} libopenjp2")
+          set(HAVE_LIBJP2K 1)
+          include_directories(${OPENJPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+          if(WIN32)
+            if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+              add_definitions(-DOPJ_EXPORTS)
+            else()
+              add_definitions(-DOPJ_STATIC)
+            endif()
+          endif(WIN32)
+          message(STATUS
+          "Found OpenJPEG: ${OPENJPEG_LIBRARIES} (${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.${OPENJPEG_BUILD_VERSION})")
+        endif(${OPENJPEG_VERSION} LESS "2.1")
     else()
-    if(STRICT_CONF)
-      message(
-        FATAL_ERROR
+      if(STRICT_CONF)
+        message(
+          FATAL_ERROR
           "Could not find OpenJPEG libs.\n Use -DENABLE_OPENJPEG=OFF to disable OpenJPEG support."
-      )
-    endif(STRICT_CONF)
+        )
+      endif(STRICT_CONF)
     endif(OpenJPEG_FOUND)
   endif(ENABLE_OPENJPEG)
 else() # SW_BUILD=ON