diff --git a/auto/src/glew_init_gl.c b/auto/src/glew_init_gl.c
index 7d783bf..25c9b74 100644
--- a/auto/src/glew_init_gl.c
+++ b/auto/src/glew_init_gl.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static GLenum GLEWAPIENTRY glewContextInit ()
   const GLubyte* s;
   GLuint dot;
   GLint major, minor;
+  size_t n;
 
   /* query opengl version */
   getString = (PFNGLGETSTRINGPROC)  glewGetProcAddress((const GLubyte*)"glGetString");
@@ -124,7 +125,6 @@ static GLenum GLEWAPIENTRY glewContextInit ()
     GLEW_VERSION_1_1   = GLEW_VERSION_1_2   == GL_TRUE || ( major == 1 && minor >= 1 ) ? GL_TRUE : GL_FALSE;
   }
 
-  size_t n;
   for (n = 0; n < sizeof(_glewExtensionString) / sizeof(_glewExtensionString[0]); ++n)
     _glewExtensionString[n] = GL_FALSE;
 
diff --git a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index a6dbc3e..3c6d892 100644
--- a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ endif ()
 
 project (glew)
 
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.4)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.7)
 
 if (COMMAND cmake_policy)
   cmake_policy (SET CMP0003 NEW)
@@ -92,20 +92,20 @@ if (MSVC)
   # add options from visual studio project
   target_compile_definitions (glew PRIVATE "GLEW_BUILD;VC_EXTRALEAN")
   target_compile_definitions (glew_s PRIVATE "GLEW_STATIC;VC_EXTRALEAN")
-  target_link_libraries (glew PRIVATE -BASE:0x62AA0000)
+  target_link_libraries (glew LINK_PRIVATE -BASE:0x62AA0000)
   # kill security checks which are dependent on stdlib
   target_compile_options (glew PRIVATE -GS-)
   target_compile_options (glew_s PRIVATE -GS-)
   # remove stdlib dependency
-  target_link_libraries (glew PRIVATE -nodefaultlib -noentry)
+  target_link_libraries (glew LINK_PRIVATE -nodefaultlib -noentry)
 elseif (WIN32 AND ((CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU") OR (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")))
   # remove stdlib dependency on windows with GCC and Clang (for similar reasons
   # as to MSVC - to allow it to be used with any Windows compiler)
   target_compile_options (glew PRIVATE -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector)
   target_compile_options (glew_s PRIVATE -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector)
-  target_link_libraries (glew PRIVATE -nostdlib)
+  target_link_libraries (glew LINK_PRIVATE -nostdlib)
 endif ()
-target_link_libraries (glew PUBLIC ${GLEW_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries (glew LINK_PUBLIC ${GLEW_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries (glew_s ${GLEW_LIBRARIES})
 
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 2.8.12)