diff --git a/tool/CMakeLists.txt b/tool/CMakeLists.txt
index fef8a3c524e34baa26ee17a0469335e99dc2445c..e42dac0e27c166fcd7abbb7c2a605808e715e913 100644
--- a/tool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+find_file(OMPT_HEADER NAMES omp-tools.h)
+if (${OMPT_HEADER} STREQUAL "OMPT_HEADER-NOTFOUND")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "The OpenMP's OMPT header (omp-tools.h) was not found. Please check your OpenMP runtime installation.")
+endif()
+
 set(SOURCES
   tool.cpp
   ompt_callbacks.cpp