diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py
index 93bdb72050..edb3decf60 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         options = [
             '--prefix={0}'.format(prefix),
             '--parallel={0}'.format(make_jobs)]
-        if spec.satisfies("@3:"):
+        if spec.satisfies("@3.2:"):
             options.append(
                 # jsoncpp requires CMake to build
                 # use CMake-provided library to avoid circular dependency