diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 03b7e13a..5b86365d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 
 # Force a libmraa search and minimum required version every time a config is generated
 unset(MRAA_FOUND CACHE)
-set(MRAA_MINIMUM 1.9.0)
+set(MRAA_MINIMUM 2.0.0)
 pkg_check_modules (MRAA REQUIRED mraa>=${MRAA_MINIMUM})
 # Also, get full path to the mraa library
 find_library(MRAA_LIBRARY NAMES mraa HINTS ${MRAA_LIBDIR})