diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e9c017d..ad4ff30 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  dh-python,
  libjson-c-dev,
  libssl-dev,
- meson,
+ meson (>= 1.0.0-1.1~),
  pkg-config,
  python3-dev,
  swig,