diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c01c76555e8cbaecec48997332137690c56bf821..82ab32dc57df8d3ce830de418a3b5343a8a3e51c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES DEBUG)
   set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 endif()
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Check, if the path to the current directory does contain some unallowed characters #
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+string(REGEX MATCH "[A-Za-z0-9 \\\\/:_-]*" MATCH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
+if (NOT ${MATCH} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Illegal character(s) found in the path to the current directory!")
+endif()
+
 #-------------------------#
 # Find external libraries #
 #-------------------------#