diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 49d0b057ddf41ec37f2fe27aaa0bffcd4d402699..406cacaa2156d6d6bd73e9005f33465aaac99360 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
 SET(PROJECT_NAME eigenpy)
 SET(PROJECT_DESCRIPTION "Bindings between Numpy and Eigen using Boost.Python")
 SET(PROJECT_URL "http://github.com/stack-of-tasks/eigenpy")
+SET(PROJECT_USE_CMAKE_EXPORT TRUE)
 SET(PROJECT_CUSTOM_HEADER_EXTENSION "hpp")
 
 # Check if the submodule cmake have been initialized