diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 604ef2f6..bcc061a1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-project('fdpp', ['cpp', 'c', 'nasm'], version: '0.1')
+project('fdpp', ['cpp', 'c', 'nasm'], version: '0.1', meson_version: '>= 0.64')
+
 li = subproject('libfdpp')
 LIBFDPP = li.get_variable('LIBFDPP')
 lo = subproject('loader')