diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ed3eb4eb4d..c43a3dfb07 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ gegl              = dependency('gegl-0.4',           version: '>='+gegl_minver)
 exiv2_minver      = '0.27.4'
 exiv2             = dependency('exiv2',              version: '>='+exiv2_minver)
 gexiv2_minver     = '0.14.0'
-gexiv2            = dependency('gexiv2',             version: '>='+gexiv2_minver)
+gexiv2_maxver     = '0.15.0'
+gexiv2            = dependency('gexiv2',             version: ['>='+gexiv2_minver, '<'+gexiv2_maxver])
 
 gio               = dependency('gio-2.0')
 gio_specific_name = platform_windows ? 'gio-windows-2.0' : 'gio-unix-2.0'