diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/x264/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/x264/meson.build
index cb1f30709f..f5e2b585b6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/x264/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/x264/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ x264_sources = [
   'gstencoderbitrateprofilemanager.c',
 ]
 
-x264_dep = dependency('x264', required : x264_opt,
+x264_dep = dependency('x264', version : '>=0.156', required : x264_opt,
                       fallback: ['x264', 'libx264_dep'])
 
 if x264_dep.found()