diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
index 9a80dd6771b..3d7c0ab6d01 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class Paraview(CMakePackage):
     # depends_on('protobuf') # version mismatches?
     # depends_on('sqlite') # external version not supported
     depends_on('zlib')
+    depends_on('cmake@3.3:', type='build')
 
     patch('stl-reader-pv440.patch', when='@4.4.0')