diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindSFML.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindSFML.cmake
index b616b146c..dac0132ff 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindSFML.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindSFML.cmake
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ set(SFML_VERSION_OK TRUE)
 if(SFML_FIND_VERSION AND SFML_INCLUDE_DIR)
     # extract the major and minor version numbers from SFML/Config.hpp
     FILE(READ "${SFML_INCLUDE_DIR}/SFML/Config.hpp" SFML_CONFIG_HPP_CONTENTS)
+    STRING(REGEX MATCH ".*#define SFML_VERSION_MAJOR ([0-9]+).*#define SFML_VERSION_MINOR ([0-9]+).*" SFML_CONFIG_HPP_CONTENTS "${SFML_CONFIG_HPP_CONTENTS}")
     STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define SFML_VERSION_MAJOR ([0-9]+).*" "\\1" SFML_VERSION_MAJOR "${SFML_CONFIG_HPP_CONTENTS}")
     STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define SFML_VERSION_MINOR ([0-9]+).*" "\\1" SFML_VERSION_MINOR "${SFML_CONFIG_HPP_CONTENTS}")
     math(EXPR SFML_REQUESTED_VERSION "${SFML_FIND_VERSION_MAJOR} * 10 + ${SFML_FIND_VERSION_MINOR}")
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ if(SFML_FIND_VERSION AND SFML_INCLUDE_DIR)
         # SFML version is < 2.0
         if (SFML_REQUESTED_VERSION GREATER 19)
             set(SFML_VERSION_OK FALSE)
+            set(SFML_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+            set(SFML_VERSION_MINOR x)
         endif()
     endif()
 endif()