diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f340fb35..a1251e74 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ project (benchmark)
 
 foreach(p
     CMP0054 # CMake 3.1
+    CMP0056 # export EXE_LINKER_FLAGS to try_run
     )
   if(POLICY ${p})
     cmake_policy(SET ${p} NEW)