diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cd5e77e3..69732b30 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ gio_unix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: glib_req_version)
 gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: gtk_req_version)
 
 # If we find polkit 0.114, we don't need to backport autoptr cleanups
-polkit_dep = dependency('polkit-gobject-1', version: '0.114', required: false)
+polkit_dep = dependency('polkit-gobject-1', version: '>= 0.114', required: false)
 if polkit_dep.found()
   config_h.set10('HAVE_POLKIT_AUTOPTR', true)
 else