diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 14b8bde..07fc715 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+# 3.1 preferred, but we can often get by with 2.8.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 project(EncFS C CXX)
 
 set (ENCFS_MAJOR 1)
@@ -12,8 +13,31 @@ set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 # We need C++ 11
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED on)
+if (${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} GREATER 3.0)
+  # CMake 3.1 has built-in CXX standard checks.
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED on)
+else ()
+  if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+    message ("Assuming that GNU CXX uses -std=c++11 flag for C++11 compatibility.")
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
+  else()
+    message ("No CMAKE C++11 check. If the build breaks, you're on your own.")
+  endif()
+endif ()
+
+# http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_RPATH_handling#Mac_OS_X_and_the_RPATH
+if (APPLE)
+   set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH ON)
+   set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
+   set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH FALSE)
+   set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+   set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
+   list(FIND CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib" isSystemDir)
+   if("${isSystemDir}" STREQUAL "-1")
+     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+   endif()
+endif()
 
 # Check for FUSE.
 find_package (FUSE REQUIRED)
diff --git a/ci/config.sh b/ci/config.sh
index 271d839..96c4ee3 100755
--- a/ci/config.sh
+++ b/ci/config.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ set -x
 set -e
 mkdir build
 cd build
-../ci/cmake/bin/cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/tmp/encfs -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/tmp/encfs -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 1a3b60c..c943b28 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ dependencies:
     - sudo apt-get update
     - sudo apt-get install cmake libfuse-dev librlog-dev libgettextpo-dev
     - bash ./ci/install-gcc.sh
-    - bash ./ci/install-cmake.sh
-  cache_directories:
-    - "ci/cmake"
 
 test:
   override: