diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a3e3c5478a8..c7a4be82e59 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ has_mako = run_command(
   '''
 from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 import mako
-assert StrictVersion(mako.__version__) > StrictVersion("0.8.0")
+assert StrictVersion(mako.__version__) >= StrictVersion("0.8.0")
   ''', check: false)
 if has_mako.returncode() != 0
   error('Python (3.x) mako module >= 0.8.0 required to build mesa.')