diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 35b34aec2..c006226a7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ project('nlohmann_json',
     'cpp',
     version : '3.12.0',
     license : 'MIT',
+    meson_version : '>= 0.64',
 )
 
 nlohmann_json_dep = declare_dependency(