diff --git a/CMake/CMakeLists_legacy.cmake.in b/CMake/CMakeLists_legacy.cmake.in
index 0a0efd3f3..e92de42d9 100644
--- a/CMake/CMakeLists_legacy.cmake.in
+++ b/CMake/CMakeLists_legacy.cmake.in
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@
 
 if (POLICY CMP0048)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
-  project(FlatBuffers
-        DESCRIPTION "Flatbuffers serialization library"
-        VERSION 2.0.0
-        LANGUAGES CXX)
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.9)
+    project(FlatBuffers
+      VERSION 2.0.0
+      LANGUAGES CXX)
+  else()
+    project(FlatBuffers
+      DESCRIPTION "Flatbuffers serialization library"
+      VERSION 2.0.0
+      LANGUAGES CXX)
+  endif()
 else()
   project(FlatBuffers)
 endif (POLICY CMP0048)
@@ -771,4 +777,4 @@ add_library(FlatBuffers::FlatBuffers ALIAS FlatBuffers)
 target_include_directories(
   FlatBuffers
   INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
-            $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/include>)
\ No newline at end of file
+            $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/include>)