diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d113989a5c..73a08eb3b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ if(WIN32)
       string(REGEX REPLACE "MINGW64_VERSION=" "" MINGW64_VERSION "${CURL_TEST_OUTPUT}")
       if(MINGW64_VERSION)
         message(STATUS "Found MINGW64_VERSION=${MINGW64_VERSION}")
+        if(MINGW64_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.0)
+          message(FATAL_ERROR "mingw-w64 3.0 or upper is required")
+        endif()
       endif()
     endif()
     unset(MINGW64_VERSION CACHE)  # Avoid storing in CMake cache