diff --git a/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsProjectImpl.cmake b/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsProjectImpl.cmake
index 64338d385..af1c8abdd 100644
--- a/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsProjectImpl.cmake
+++ b/tribits/core/package_arch/TribitsProjectImpl.cmake
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ IF (${PROJECT_NAME}_VERBOSE_CONFIGURE)
   MESSAGE("CMAKE_MODULE_PATH='${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}'")
 ENDIF()
 
-INCLUDE(TribitsIncludeDirectories)
-
 INCLUDE(TribitsConstants)
+
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION ${TRIBITS_CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED} FATAL_ERROR)
+
+INCLUDE(TribitsIncludeDirectories)
 INCLUDE(TribitsGlobalMacros)
 INCLUDE(TribitsConfigureCTestCustom)
 
diff --git a/tribits/examples/TribitsExampleProject/CMakeLists.txt b/tribits/examples/TribitsExampleProject/CMakeLists.txt
index eab7fc9ef..b1bfc0dae 100644
--- a/tribits/examples/TribitsExampleProject/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tribits/examples/TribitsExampleProject/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SET(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 1 CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 # don't process this file.
 #
 
-# Get PROJECT_NAME (must be in file for other parts of system to read)
+# Get PROJECT_NAME (must be in a file for other parts of system to read)
 INCLUDE("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ProjectName.cmake")
 
 # CMake requires that you declare the CMake project in the top-level file and
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ SET(${PROJECT_NAME}_TRIBITS_DIR
   "TriBITS base directory (default assumes in TriBITS source tree)")
 INCLUDE("${${PROJECT_NAME}_TRIBITS_DIR}/TriBITS.cmake")
 
-# CMake requires this be in the top file and not in an include file :-(
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION ${TRIBITS_CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED})
-
 # Set default location for header-only TPL to make easy to configure out of
 # the TriBITS source tree.
 SET(HeaderOnlyTpl_INCLUDE_DIRS
diff --git a/tribits/examples/TribitsHelloWorld/CMakeLists.txt b/tribits/examples/TribitsHelloWorld/CMakeLists.txt
index a3a4ca0cd..b7da4f69c 100644
--- a/tribits/examples/TribitsHelloWorld/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tribits/examples/TribitsHelloWorld/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ INCLUDE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ProjectName.cmake)
 PROJECT(${PROJECT_NAME} NONE)
 
 SET(${PROJECT_NAME}_TRIBITS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../..
-  CACHE PATH "Path to TriBITS.")
-INCLUDE("${${PROJECT_NAME}_TRIBITS_DIR}/TriBITS.cmake")
+  CACHE PATH "TriBITS base directory (default assumes in TriBITS source tree).")
 
-# CMake requires this be in the top file and not in an include file :-(
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION ${TRIBITS_CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED})
+# Include the TriBITS system
+INCLUDE("${${PROJECT_NAME}_TRIBITS_DIR}/TriBITS.cmake")
 
 # Disable MPI and Fortran
 SET(TPL_ENABLE_MPI OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)