diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e3560589f83..8d103003f77 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -910,9 +910,12 @@ prog_python = import('python').find_installation('python3')
 has_mako = run_command(
   prog_python, '-c',
   '''
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+try:
+  from packaging.version import Version
+except:
+  from distutils.version import StrictVersion as Version
 import mako
-assert StrictVersion(mako.__version__) >= StrictVersion("0.8.0")
+assert Version(mako.__version__) >= Version("0.8.0")
   ''', check: false)
 if has_mako.returncode() != 0
   error('Python (3.x) mako module >= 0.8.0 required to build mesa.')