diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5d9413a5bbc..513b841ac54 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ conf.set10('HAVE_LIBIPTC', have)
 want_qrencode = get_option('qrencode')
 if want_qrencode != 'false' and not skip_deps
         libqrencode = dependency('libqrencode',
+                                 version : '>= 4',
                                  required : want_qrencode == 'true')
         have = libqrencode.found()
 else