diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 
 pkg_check_modules(FLATPAK  flatpak>=0.6.12)
-find_package(LIBFWUPD 1.0.7)
+find_package(LIBFWUPD 1.0.6)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.10.0")
   # CMake 3.9+ warns about automoc on files without Q_OBJECT, and doesn't know about other macros.
diff --git a/cmake/FindLIBFWUPD.cmake b/cmake/FindLIBFWUPD.cmake
--- a/cmake/FindLIBFWUPD.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLIBFWUPD.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 #   DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-if(LIBFWUPD_INCLUDE_DIRS AND LIBFWUPD_LIBRARIES)
+if(LIBFWUPD_INCLUDE_DIRS AND LIBFWUPD_LIBRARIES AND LIBFWUPD_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS)
     set(LIBFWUPD_FOUND TRUE)
 
 else ()
@@ -43,9 +43,41 @@
         PATH_SUFFIXES fwupd-1
         HINTS fwupd-1/libfwupd
     )
+
+    find_path (LIBFWUPD_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS
+        NAMES fwupd-version.h
+        PATH_SUFFIXES fwupd-1/libfwupd
+        HINTS fwupd-1/libfwupd
+    )
+
+    set(LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION_MINOR}.${LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION_PATCH}")
+    unset(LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION_MAJOR)
+    unset(LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION_MINOR)
+    unset(LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION_PATCH)
+
+    if(LIBFWUPD_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+        file(STRINGS "${LIBFWUPD_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS}/fwupd-version.h" LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION REGEX "^#define FWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION[\t]*([0-9]*)")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^#define FWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION[\t]*([0-9]*)" "\\1" LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION}")
+        string(REPLACE "(" "" LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION}")
+        string(REPLACE ")" "" LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION}")
+        file(STRINGS "${LIBFWUPD_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS}/fwupd-version.h" LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION REGEX "^#define FWUPD_MINOR_VERSION[\t]*([0-9]*)")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^#define FWUPD_MINOR_VERSION[\t]*([0-9]*)" "\\1" LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION}")
+        string(REPLACE "(" "" LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION}")
+        string(REPLACE ")" "" LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION}")
+        file(STRINGS "${LIBFWUPD_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS}/fwupd-version.h" LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION REGEX "^#define FWUPD_MICRO_VERSION[\t]*([0-9]*)")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^#define FWUPD_MICRO_VERSION[\t]*([0-9]*)" "\\1" LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION}")
+        string(REPLACE "(" "" LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION}")
+        string(REPLACE ")" "" LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION}")
+        set(LIBFWUPD_VERSION "${LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION}.${LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION}.${LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION}")
+        unset(LIBFWUPD_MAJOR_VERSION)
+        unset(LIBFWUPD_MINOR_VERSION)
+        unset(LIBFWUPD_MICRO_VERSION)
+    endif()
     
     if(LIBFWUPD_INCLUDE_DIRS AND LIBFWUPD_LIBRARIES)
-        set(LIBFWUPD_FOUND TRUE)
+        if(((LIBFWUPD_VERSION VERSION_GREATER LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION) OR (LIBFWUPD_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL LIBFWUPD_FIND_VERSION)))
+            set(LIBFWUPD_FOUND TRUE)
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif()