diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 071c400c..6e5e19b8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols')
 gtkmm = dependency('gtkmm-3.0', version : ['>=3.22.0'])
 dbusmenu_gtk = dependency('dbusmenu-gtk3-0.4', required: get_option('dbusmenu-gtk'))
 giounix = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', required: (get_option('dbusmenu-gtk').enabled() or get_option('logind').enabled() or get_option('upower_glib').enabled()))
-jsoncpp = dependency('jsoncpp')
+jsoncpp = dependency('jsoncpp', version : ['>=1.9.2'])
 sigcpp = dependency('sigc++-2.0')
 libinotify = dependency('libinotify', required: false)
 libepoll = dependency('epoll-shim', required: false)