diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 03abe73..f0787b2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project('wayland-eglstream', 'c',
           'warning_level=1',
         ],
         license : 'MIT',
-        meson_version : '>= 0.50'
+        meson_version : '>= 0.47'
 )
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')