diff --git a/build/tizen/CMakeLists.txt b/build/tizen/CMakeLists.txt
index a98071e..e06014f 100644
--- a/build/tizen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/tizen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ PROJECT(dali-demo C CXX)
 SET(dali-demo_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 SET(dali-demo_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 
+SET(GCC_COMPILER_VERSION_REQUIRED "6")
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS GCC_COMPILER_VERSION_REQUIRED)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "The GCC required compiler version is " ${GCC_COMPILER_VERSION_REQUIRED})
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 SET(ROOT_SRC_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../..)
 SET(DEMO_SHARED ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../shared)