diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 48a8cb6..976ed1e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('UEFITool', ['c', 'cpp'],
   version: 'A60',
   license: 'BSD-2-Clause',
-  meson_version: '>=0.53.2',
+  meson_version: '>=0.45.0',
   default_options : ['c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++11'],
 )