diff --git a/app/meson.build b/app/meson.build
index bac8d25e..3916b098 100644
--- a/app/meson.build
+++ b/app/meson.build
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if not get_option('crossbuild_windows')
     # native build
     dependencies = [
         dependency('libavformat', version: '>= 57.33'),
-        dependency('libavcodec'),
+        dependency('libavcodec', version: '>= 57.37'),
         dependency('libavutil'),
         dependency('sdl2', version: '>= 2.0.5'),
     ]