diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b275718ee6..5d98f742e6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ project('systemd', 'c',
                 'localstatedir=/var',
                 'warning_level=2',
         ],
-        meson_version : '>= 0.59.0',
+        meson_version : '>= 0.60.0',
        )
 
 libsystemd_version = '0.36.0'