diff --git a/clang/CMakeLists.txt b/clang/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   project(Clang)
   set(CLANG_BUILT_STANDALONE TRUE)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # Must go below project(..)
diff --git a/compiler-rt/CMakeLists.txt b/compiler-rt/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/compiler-rt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compiler-rt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
   project(CompilerRT C CXX ASM)
   set(COMPILER_RT_STANDALONE_BUILD TRUE)
   set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(LLVM_COMMON_CMAKE_UTILS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake")
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/builtins/CMakeLists.txt b/compiler-rt/lib/builtins/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/builtins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/builtins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 if (CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 
   set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE STATIC_LIBRARY)
   project(CompilerRTBuiltins C ASM)
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/crt/CMakeLists.txt b/compiler-rt/lib/crt/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/crt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/crt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 if (CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 
   set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE STATIC_LIBRARY)
   project(CompilerRTCRT C)
diff --git a/flang/CMakeLists.txt b/flang/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/flang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/flang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
   message("Building Flang as a standalone project.")
   project(Flang)
   set(FLANG_STANDALONE_BUILD ON)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 else()
   set(FLANG_STANDALONE_BUILD OFF)
 endif()
diff --git a/flang/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/flang/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/flang/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/flang/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 
 if (CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 
   project(FlangRuntime C CXX)
 
diff --git a/lld/CMakeLists.txt b/lld/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lld/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lld/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   project(lld)
   set(LLD_BUILT_STANDALONE TRUE)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # Must go below project(..)
diff --git a/lldb/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lldb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
   project(lldb)
   set(LLDB_BUILT_STANDALONE TRUE)
   set(LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # Must go below project(..)
diff --git a/lldb/tools/debugserver/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/tools/debugserver/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lldb/tools/debugserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 
 if (CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   set(LLDB_BUILT_STANDALONE TRUE)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 
   set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
     ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
diff --git a/llvm/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # See docs/CMake.html for instructions about how to build LLVM with CMake.
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
+if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+  message(WARNING
+    "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+    "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+    "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+    "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+endif()
 
 set(LLVM_COMMON_CMAKE_UTILS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake)
 include(${LLVM_COMMON_CMAKE_UTILS}/Modules/CMakePolicy.cmake
diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@
 * Apple Clang >= 10.0
 * Visual Studio 2019 >= 16.7
 
+With LLVM 16.x we will raise the version requirement of CMake used to build
+LLVM. The new requirements are as follows:
+
+* CMake >= 3.20.0
+
+In LLVM 16.x this requirement will be "soft", there will only be a diagnostic.
+
+With the release of LLVM 17.x this requirement will be hard and LLVM developers
+can start using CMake 3.20.0 features, making it impossible to build with older
+versions of CMake.
+
 Changes to the LLVM IR
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/mlir/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   project(mlir)
   set(MLIR_STANDALONE_BUILD TRUE)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # Must go below project(..)
diff --git a/openmp/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openmp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 if (OPENMP_STANDALONE_BUILD OR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
   set(OPENMP_STANDALONE_BUILD TRUE)
   project(openmp C CXX)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # Must go below project(..)
diff --git a/polly/CMakeLists.txt b/polly/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/polly/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/polly/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 if (NOT DEFINED LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR)
   project(Polly)
   cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
+  if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+    message(WARNING
+      "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+      "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+      "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+      "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+  endif()
   set(POLLY_STANDALONE_BUILD TRUE)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt b/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # This file handles building LLVM runtime sub-projects.
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
+if ("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.20.0")
+  message(WARNING
+    "Your CMake version is ${CMAKE_VERSION}. Starting with LLVM 17.0.0, the "
+    "minimum version of CMake required to build LLVM will become 3.20.0, and "
+    "using an older CMake will become an error. Please upgrade your CMake to "
+    "at least 3.20.0 now to avoid issues in the future!")
+endif()
 project(Runtimes C CXX ASM)
 
 # Add path for custom and the LLVM build's modules to the CMake module path.