diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bf70f29..8f5fea5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ project('dtc', 'c',
   version: '1.7.0',
   license: ['GPL2+', 'BSD-2'],
   default_options: 'werror=true',
+  meson_version: '>=0.56.0'
 )
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')