diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d05c44a9e..4c4fc1ddc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.16)
 
-project(boost_math VERSION "${BOOST_SUPERPROJECT_VERSION}" LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(boost_math VERSION 1.87.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 add_library(boost_math INTERFACE)
 
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index fef1189f1..95d7849f6 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ include(BoostTestJamfile OPTIONAL RESULT_VARIABLE HAVE_BOOST_TEST)
 
 if(HAVE_BOOST_TEST)
 
+    boost_test(SOURCES check_cmake_version.cpp ARGUMENTS ${PROJECT_VERSION} LINK_LIBRARIES Boost::core Boost::config)    
+
     if (BOOST_MATH_ENABLE_CUDA)
 
         message(STATUS "Building boost.math with CUDA")
diff --git a/test/check_cmake_version.cpp b/test/check_cmake_version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fd464836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/check_cmake_version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Check whether the version in CMakeLists.txt is up to date
+//
+// Copyright 2018 Peter Dimov
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//
+// See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+#include <boost/core/lightweight_test.hpp>
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
+#include <cstdio>
+
+int main( int ac, char const* av[] )
+{
+    BOOST_TEST_EQ( ac, 2 );
+
+    if( ac >= 2 )
+    {
+        char version[ 64 ];
+        std::sprintf( version, "%d.%d.%d", BOOST_VERSION / 100000, BOOST_VERSION / 100 % 1000, BOOST_VERSION % 100 );
+
+        BOOST_TEST_CSTR_EQ( av[1], version );
+    }
+
+    return boost::report_errors();
+}