diff --git i/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build w/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
index b7b69165..adce79fd 100644
--- i/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
+++ w/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if not get_option('backend-vnc')
endif
config_h.set('BUILD_VNC_COMPOSITOR', '1')
-dep_neatvnc = dependency('neatvnc', version: ['>= 0.7.0', '< 0.8.0'], required: false, fallback: ['neatvnc', 'neatvnc_dep'])
+dep_neatvnc = dependency('neatvnc', version: ['>= 0.8.0', '< 0.9.0'], required: false, fallback: ['neatvnc', 'neatvnc_dep'])
if not dep_neatvnc.found()
error('VNC backend requires neatvnc which was not found. Or, you can use \'-Dbackend-vnc=false\'.')
endif