diff --git a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
index 677467bea..8cf8b51b4 100644
--- a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
 	set(ETH_STATIC 1)
 
 else ()
-	message(FATAL_ERROR "Your C++ compiler does not support C++11. You have ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}")
+	message(WARNING "Your compiler is not tested, if you run into any issues, we'd welcome any patches.")
 endif ()