diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index f2c1041b9..95a5c64e1 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0148 OLD)
+
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/scikit-build-cmake)
 include(UseCython)
 include(FindPythonExtensions)
diff --git a/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindCython.cmake b/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindCython.cmake
index 73534e9c9..8ab019db7 100644
--- a/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindCython.cmake
+++ b/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindCython.cmake
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 # Use the Cython executable that lives next to the Python executable
 # if it is a local installation.
 
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0148 OLD)
+
 find_package(PythonInterp)
 if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
   execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "from os import path; import cython; print(path.dirname(cython.__file__))"
diff --git a/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindNumPy.cmake b/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindNumPy.cmake
index cd78112b5..b1b770378 100644
--- a/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindNumPy.cmake
+++ b/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindNumPy.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #         set(NumPy_FROM_TEMPLATE_EXECUTABLE /path/to/python /path/to/site-packages/numpy/distutils/from_template.py CACHE STRING "Command executing from-template program" FORCE)
 #
 
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0148 OLD)
+
 if(NOT NumPy_FOUND)
   set(_find_extra_args)
   if(NumPy_FIND_REQUIRED)
diff --git a/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindPythonExtensions.cmake b/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindPythonExtensions.cmake
index 33e034d09..ffa205e76 100644
--- a/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindPythonExtensions.cmake
+++ b/python/scikit-build-cmake/FindPythonExtensions.cmake
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #=============================================================================
 
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0148 OLD)
+
 find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
 find_package(PythonLibs)
 include(targetLinkLibrariesWithDynamicLookup)
diff --git a/python/scikit-build-cmake/UseCython.cmake b/python/scikit-build-cmake/UseCython.cmake
index 2c40bd7b5..48a288f61 100644
--- a/python/scikit-build-cmake/UseCython.cmake
+++ b/python/scikit-build-cmake/UseCython.cmake
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #=============================================================================
 
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0148 OLD)
+
 # Configuration options.
 set(CYTHON_ANNOTATE OFF
     CACHE BOOL "Create an annotated .html file when compiling *.pyx.")
diff --git a/tests/python/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/python/CMakeLists.txt
index a6b51eca0..815d6a987 100644
--- a/tests/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0148 OLD)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/scikit-build-cmake)
 
 find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)