diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7362061530..312815910b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ dnl -- VA-API                                                                --
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 dnl Core API
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBVA], [libva >= $VAAPI_REQ])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBVA], [libva >= $VAAPI_REQ libva < 0.99.0])
 VA_VERSION_STR=`$PKG_CONFIG --modversion libva`
 VA_DRIVERS_PATH=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=driverdir libva`
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([VA_DRIVERS_PATH], ["$VA_DRIVERS_PATH"],
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dd1ca68091..70f0bbeb91 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ gstcodecparsers_dep = dependency('gstreamer-codecparsers-1.0', version : gst_req
 gstgl_dep = dependency('gstreamer-gl-1.0', version : gst_req,
     fallback : ['gst-plugins-bad', 'gstgl_dep'], required: false)
 gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0', required: false)
-libva_dep = dependency('libva', version: '>= 0.30.4')
+libva_dep = dependency('libva', version: ['>= 0.30.4', '< 0.99.0'])
 
 libva_drm_dep = dependency('libva-drm', version: '>= 0.33.0', required: false)
 libva_wayland_dep = dependency('libva-wayland', version: '>= 0.33.0', required: false)