diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/meson.build b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/meson.build
index 7b9225f26..31e167387 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/meson.build
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ xephyr_dep = [
     dependency('xcb-aux'),
     dependency('xcb-image'),
     dependency('xcb-icccm'),
-    dependency('xcb-shm'),
+    dependency('xcb-shm', version : '>=1.9.3'),
     dependency('xcb-keysyms'),
     dependency('xcb-randr'),
     dependency('xcb-xkb'),