--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index f82bfd2..a062170 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -375,7 +375,10 @@ else()
+ endif()
+
+ if(GDCM_USE_SYSTEM_OPENJPEG)
+- find_package(OpenJPEG 2.0.0 REQUIRED)
++ find_package(OpenJPEG REQUIRED)
++ if(OPENJPEG_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_LESS 2)
++ message( FATAL_ERROR "You need at least OpenJPEG 2")
++ endif()
+ set(GDCM_OPENJPEG_LIBRARIES ${OPENJPEG_LIBRARIES})
+ else()
+ set(GDCM_OPENJPEG_LIBRARIES gdcmopenjp2)