diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ecc9f4c5a..d4f80c5382 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ if (NJOBS)
   set(CMAKE_JOB_POOL_PRECOMPILE_HEADER custom)
 endif()
 
-if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 7.0)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Minimum supported g++ version is 7.0 yours is ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
+# GCC 8.1 is required to support <charconv> header inclusion in base/string_utils.hpp, otherwise 7.0 is sufficient
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 8.1)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Minimum supported g++ version is 8.1 yours is ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")