diff --git a/cmake/jkqtplotter_cmake_options.cmake b/cmake/jkqtplotter_cmake_options.cmake
index 371a7a32c9..cf1e99f13e 100644
--- a/cmake/jkqtplotter_cmake_options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/jkqtplotter_cmake_options.cmake
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ set(jkqtplotter_default_build_type "Debug")
 get_property(JKQtPlotter_isMultiConfigGenerator GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
 if(NOT JKQtPlotter_isMultiConfigGenerator)
   if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-      warning(STATUS "Setting build type to '${jkqtplotter_default_build_type}' as none was specified.")
+      message(WARNING "Setting build type to '${jkqtplotter_default_build_type}' as none was specified.")
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE ${jkqtplotter_default_build_type} CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
     set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo")
   endif()