diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 3244669..e789e36 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ MATLAB = "10e44e05-a98a-55b3-a45b-ba969058deb6"
 Reexport = "189a3867-3050-52da-a836-e630ba90ab69"
 
 [compat]
+julia = "1.0, 1.5"
 MATLAB = "0.8.2"
-julia = "1.0 - 1.5"
diff --git a/deps/Project.toml b/deps/Project.toml
index 1f289ea..f569fc6 100644
--- a/deps/Project.toml
+++ b/deps/Project.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [deps]
+Compat = "34da2185-b29b-5c13-b0c7-acf172513d20"
 Libdl = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
 
 
diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index 8299cc3..8b99a4e 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Compat
 import Libdl
 
 # the following functions are adapted from the julia-config.jl script and are used to