diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 296a0f4..11e615f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ function (make_tests_for target_name)
 	get_target_property (sources   ${target_name} SOURCES)
 	get_target_property (libraries ${target_name} LINK_LIBRARIES)
 
+	# Unfortunately the property is a 2.8.11 feature however we need to
+	# support at least 2.8.7 for now because of Travis CI
+	if (NOT libraries)
+		set (libraries ${project_libraries})
+	endif (NOT libraries)
+
 	set (test test-${target_name})
 	add_executable (${test} ${sources})
 	target_link_libraries (${test} ${libraries})