diff --git a/httpsupgrade/httpsupgrade-impl/CMakeLists.txt b/httpsupgrade/httpsupgrade-impl/CMakeLists.txt
index 3187e8577cc1..00f67abfc8fd 100644
--- a/httpsupgrade/httpsupgrade-impl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/httpsupgrade/httpsupgrade-impl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4.1)
 
+# Define the project
+project(https_bloom_lib)
+
 # Creates and names a library, sets it as either STATIC
 # or SHARED, and provides the relative paths to its source code.
 # You can define multiple libraries, and CMake builds them for you.