diff --git a/cmake/FindGDAL.cmake b/cmake/FindGDAL.cmake
index e8c583a358e..e39529c2b11 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGDAL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGDAL.cmake
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
           STRING(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)" "\\2" GDAL_VERSION_MINOR "${GDAL_VERSION}")
           IF (GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 1 OR (GDAL_VERSION EQUAL 1 AND GDAL_VERSION_MINOR LESS 4))
             MESSAGE (FATAL_ERROR "GDAL version is too old (${GDAL_VERSION}). Use 1.4.0 or higher.")
-          ENDIF (GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 1 OR GDAL_VERSION_MINOR LESS 4)
+          ENDIF (GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 1 OR (GDAL_VERSION EQUAL 1 AND GDAL_VERSION_MINOR LESS 4))
         ENDIF (GDAL_LIBRARY)
         SET (CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK ${CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK_save} CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
       ENDIF ()
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
         # According to INSTALL, 1.4.0+ is required
         IF (GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 1 OR (GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 1 AND GDAL_VERSION_MINOR LESS 4))
           MESSAGE (FATAL_ERROR "GDAL version is too old (${GDAL_VERSION}). Use 1.4.0 or higher.")
-        ENDIF (GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 1 OR GDAL_VERSION_MINOR LESS 4)
+        ENDIF (GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 1 OR (GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 1 AND GDAL_VERSION_MINOR LESS 4))
 
         # set INCLUDE_DIR to prefix+include
         EXEC_PROGRAM(${GDAL_CONFIG}
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ ENDIF (GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR AND GDAL_LIBRARY)
 IF (GDAL_FOUND)
 
    IF (NOT GDAL_FIND_QUIETLY)
-      MESSAGE(STATUS "Found GDAL: ${GDAL_LIBRARY}")
+      FILE(READ ${GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR}/gdal_version.h gdal_version)
+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*GDAL_RELEASE_NAME +\"([^\"]+)\".*$" "\\1" GDAL_RELEASE_NAME "${gdal_version}")
+
+      MESSAGE(STATUS "Found GDAL: ${GDAL_LIBRARY} (${GDAL_RELEASE_NAME})")
    ENDIF (NOT GDAL_FIND_QUIETLY)
 
 ELSE (GDAL_FOUND)