diff --git a/src/platformsupport/wayland/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platformsupport/wayland/CMakeLists.txt
index ef145edd45c..8e60f0ba8f5 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/wayland/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platformsupport/wayland/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Generated from src.pro.
 # special case begin
 qt_find_package(WaylandScanner PROVIDED_TARGETS Wayland::Scanner)
-qt_find_package(Wayland PROVIDED_TARGETS Wayland::Client Wayland::Server)
+qt_find_package(Wayland 1.15 PROVIDED_TARGETS Wayland::Client Wayland::Server)
 
 if (NOT WaylandScanner_FOUND OR NOT Wayland_FOUND)
     message(WARNING "QtWayland is missing required dependencies, nothing will be built. \
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/configure.json b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/configure.json
index e054f144911..e799f8349ab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/configure.json
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/configure.json
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@
             "test": {
                 "main": [
                     "#if WAYLAND_VERSION_MAJOR < 1",
-                    "# error Wayland 1.8.0 or higher required",
+                    "# error Wayland 1.15.0 or higher required",
                     "#endif",
                     "#if WAYLAND_VERSION_MAJOR == 1",
-                    "# if WAYLAND_VERSION_MINOR < 8",
-                    "#  error Wayland 1.8.0 or higher required",
+                    "# if WAYLAND_VERSION_MINOR < 15",
+                    "#  error Wayland 1.15.0 or higher required",
                     "# endif",
-                    "# if WAYLAND_VERSION_MINOR == 8",
+                    "# if WAYLAND_VERSION_MINOR == 15",
                     "#  if WAYLAND_VERSION_MICRO < 0",
-                    "#   error Wayland 1.8.0 or higher required",
+                    "#   error Wayland 1.15.0 or higher required",
                     "#  endif",
                     "# endif",
                     "#endif"