diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1cf7781a0..2fc78d33e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ add_project_arguments('-DWL_HIDE_DEPRECATED', language: 'c')
 wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server')
 wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client')
 wayland_egl    = dependency('wayland-egl')
-wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols')
+wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.12')
 egl            = dependency('egl')
 glesv2         = dependency('glesv2')
 drm            = dependency('libdrm')