diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 80d75e728581..760ff1fee98b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
 include(cxx14)
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
+set(FMT_REQUIRED_FEATURES cxx_auto_type cxx_variadic_templates)
+
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
   set(PEDANTIC_COMPILE_FLAGS -pedantic-errors -Wall -Wextra -pedantic
       -Wold-style-cast -Wundef
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ if (FMT_PEDANTIC)
   target_compile_options(fmt PRIVATE ${PEDANTIC_COMPILE_FLAGS})
 endif ()
 
+target_compile_features(fmt INTERFACE ${FMT_REQUIRED_FEATURES})
+
 target_include_directories(fmt PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
@@ -180,6 +184,8 @@ add_library(fmt::fmt-header-only ALIAS fmt-header-only)
 
 target_compile_definitions(fmt-header-only INTERFACE FMT_HEADER_ONLY=1)
 
+target_compile_features(fmt-header-only INTERFACE ${FMT_REQUIRED_FEATURES})
+
 target_include_directories(fmt-header-only INTERFACE
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)