diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b71370e0a..a6be7a3e1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('elinks', ['c','cpp'], version:'0.18.GIT', license:'GPLv2', default_options:['cpp_std=gnu++17'])
+project('elinks', ['c','cpp'], version:'0.18.GIT', license:'GPLv2', default_options:['cpp_std=gnu++17'], meson_version:'>=1.0.1')
 srcs=[]
 
 srcdir = meson.source_root()