diff --git a/clients/meson.build b/clients/meson.build
index 48ed82c8e..81b3b3ac8 100644
--- a/clients/meson.build
+++ b/clients/meson.build
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dep_toytoolkit = declare_dependency(
 	link_with: lib_toytoolkit,
 	dependencies: deps_toytoolkit,
 )
-dep_gbm = dependency('gbm', required: false)
+dep_gbm = dependency('gbm', required: false, version: '>= 21.1.1')
 if dep_gbm.found() and dep_gbm.version().version_compare('>= 21.3')
 	config_h.set('HAVE_GBM_BO_CREATE_WITH_MODIFIERS2', '1')
 endif