--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2021-03-19 12:11:27.096154009 +0000
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2021-03-19 12:11:36.216154009 +0000
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 string(REGEX REPLACE "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+)" "\\1" thrift_VERSION_PATCH ${thrift_VERSION})
 message(STATUS "Parsed Thrift version: ${thrift_VERSION} (${thrift_VERSION_MAJOR}.${thrift_VERSION_MINOR}.${thrift_VERSION_PATCH})")
 
+project(thrift VERSION ${thrift_VERSION})
+
 # Some default settings
 include(DefineCMakeDefaults)