diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d28c5c6..ae574c15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Fixed
 
+- Move some CMake directives further up top so they are not ignored
+  PR: https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw/pulls/621
 - Small bugfix in STM32 HAL for SPI
   PR: https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw/pulls/599
 - HAL GPIO: Improved error checking in `LinuxLibgpioIF::configureGpios(...)`. If a GPIO
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bfe3da84..3c85114b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
+set(LIB_FSFW_NAME fsfw)
+project(${LIB_FSFW_NAME})
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
+elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} LESS 11)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiling the FSFW requires a minimum of C++11 support")
+endif()
+
 set(FSFW_VERSION 4)
 set(FSFW_SUBVERSION 0)
 set(FSFW_REVISION 0)
@@ -55,11 +65,10 @@ option(FSFW_ADD_TMSTORAGE "Compile with tm storage components" OFF)
 # Contrib sources
 option(FSFW_ADD_SGP4_PROPAGATOR "Add SGP4 propagator code" OFF)
 
-set(LIB_FSFW_NAME fsfw)
+
 set(FSFW_TEST_TGT fsfw-tests)
 set(FSFW_DUMMY_TGT fsfw-dummy)
 
-project(${LIB_FSFW_NAME})
 add_library(${LIB_FSFW_NAME})
 
 if(FSFW_BUILD_UNITTESTS)
@@ -152,12 +161,6 @@ target_include_directories(${LIB_FSFW_NAME} INTERFACE
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 
-if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
-elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} LESS 11)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiling the FSFW requires a minimum of C++11 support")
-endif()
 
 # Backwards comptability
 if(OS_FSFW AND NOT FSFW_OSAL)