diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/upm/upm_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/upm/upm_git.bb
index 616f4ca09a..9b809ce727 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/upm/upm_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/upm/upm_git.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ COMPATIBLE_HOST = "(x86_64.*|i.86.*|aarch64.*|arm.*)-linux"
 
 inherit setuptools3-base cmake pkgconfig
 
-EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-UPYTHON_EXECUTABLE -DWERROR=off"
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-UPYTHON_EXECUTABLE -DWERROR=off \
+                  -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 \
+"
 
 # override this in local.conf to get needed bindings.
 # BINDINGS:pn-upm="python"