diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CMakeLists.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CMakeLists.txt
index ce8b8df75115ebd9a9fca2c573e62155c9316b22..3b8b18d44245570e86c55664f84148d1ab4c5f89 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ set(
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cmake-extra-utils/cmake"
 )
 
+set(LARGEFILE_SOURCE)
+set(FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64)
+
 # Include script
 include(DynamicVersion)
 dynamic_version(