diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 48c17180..e8fb1d8f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 
 # Force a libmraa search and minimum required version every time a config is generated
 unset(MRAA_FOUND CACHE)
-pkg_check_modules (MRAA REQUIRED mraa>=1.0.0)
+pkg_check_modules (MRAA REQUIRED mraa>=1.1.1)
 message (INFO " found mraa version: ${MRAA_VERSION}")
 
 # Appends the cmake/modules path to MAKE_MODULE_PATH variable.