diff --git a/gen/meson.build b/gen/meson.build
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+# Generated file; do not modify.
+sdbuspp_gen_meson_ver = run_command(
+    sdbuspp_gen_meson_prog,
+    '--version',
+).stdout().strip().split('\n')[0]
+
+if sdbuspp_gen_meson_ver != 'sdbus++-gen-meson version 1'
+    warning('Generated meson files from wrong version of sdbus++-gen-meson.')
+    warning(
+        'Expected "sdbus++-gen-meson version 1", got:',
+        sdbuspp_gen_meson_ver
+    )
+endif
+