diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 63b3ddd9..f0d96844 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ project('frida-tools', 'c',
   version: run_command(find_program('python3'), files('setup.py'), '-V',
     capture: true,
     check: true).stdout().strip(),
+  meson_version: '>=1.1.0',
 )
 
 subproject('frida-python')