diff --git a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
index 7a9a6cd7a..a24c1eeb7 100644
--- a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ int cmCoreTryCompile::TryCompileCode(std::vector<std::string> const& argv)
     const char* lang =(this->Makefile->GetCMakeInstance()->GetGlobalGenerator()
                         ->GetLanguageFromExtension(ext.c_str()));
     const char* def = this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_MODULE_PATH");
-    fprintf(fout, "cmake_policy(VERSION 2.6)\n");
+    fprintf(fout, "cmake_policy(VERSION %u.%u)\n",
+            cmVersion::GetMajorVersion(), cmVersion::GetMinorVersion());
     if(def)
       {
       fprintf(fout, "SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH %s)\n", def);