diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 72ad7c8b493b..38c0f1d55b56 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('libcamera', 'c', 'cpp',
-    meson_version : '>= 0.40',
+    meson_version : '>= 0.51',
     version : '0.0.0',
     default_options : [
         'werror=true',
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index afbca76968f9..509499359cdb 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ if libudev.found()
     ])
 endif
 
+py_mod = import('python')
+py_inst = py_mod.find_installation('python3', modules: ['yaml'])
+
 gen_controls = files('gen-controls.py')
 
 control_ids_cpp = custom_target('control_ids_cpp',