diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a20cc29e3749..b8f2f254dcbb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
 project('libcamera', 'c', 'cpp',
-    meson_version : '>= 0.55',
+    # Use of the Android component requires meson 0.55
+    meson_version : '>= 0.53',
     version : '0.0.0',
     default_options : [
         'werror=true',