diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b4ff5e8616f..7ecd1fd67de 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1010,15 +1010,23 @@ if with_gallium_opencl
   # TODO: optional modules
 endif
 
+if with_amd_vk
+  _llvm_version = '>= 4.0.0'
+elif with_gallium_opencl or with_gallium_swr or with_gallium_r600 or with_gallium_radeonsi
+  _llvm_version = '>= 3.9.0'
+else
+  _llvm_version = '>= 3.3.0'
+endif
+
 _llvm = get_option('llvm')
 if _llvm == 'auto'
   dep_llvm = dependency(
-    'llvm', version : '>= 3.9.0', modules : llvm_modules,
+    'llvm', version : _llvm_version, modules : llvm_modules,
     required : with_amd_vk or with_gallium_radeonsi or with_gallium_swr or with_gallium_opencl,
   )
   with_llvm = dep_llvm.found()
 elif _llvm == 'true'
-  dep_llvm = dependency('llvm', version : '>= 3.9.0', modules : llvm_modules)
+  dep_llvm = dependency('llvm', version : _llvm_version, modules : llvm_modules)
   with_llvm = true
 else
   dep_llvm = []