diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cbe9f754..16e6af5c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                pkg-config,
                git,
                dh-autoreconf,
-               libosmocore-dev,
+               libosmocore-dev (>= 1.4.0),
                libpcsclite-dev,
                libnewlib-arm-none-eabi,
                libusb-1.0-0-dev,
diff --git a/host/configure.ac b/host/configure.ac
index 2e4dcf7e..8ba99309 100644
--- a/host/configure.ac
+++ b/host/configure.ac
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([char foo;])],
 CFLAGS="$saved_CFLAGS"
 AC_SUBST(SYMBOL_VISIBILITY)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 1.0.0)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOSIM, libosmosim >= 1.0.0)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOUSB, libosmousb >= 0.0.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 1.4.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOSIM, libosmosim >= 1.4.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOUSB, libosmousb >= 1.4.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBUSB, libusb-1.0)
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(sanitize,