diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aes/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aes/meson.build
index a200b8d7d2..20b8a2cabd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aes/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aes/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ aes_sources = [
 ]
 
 aes_cargs = []
-aes_dep = dependency('openssl', required : get_option('aes'))
+aes_dep = dependency('openssl', version : '>= 1.1.0', required : get_option('aes'))
 if aes_dep.found()
   aes_cargs += ['-DHAVE_OPENSSL']
 else