diff --git a/dev-libs/libcloudproviders/libcloudproviders-0.3.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libcloudproviders/libcloudproviders-0.3.1.ebuild
index c9d4074894..3af6f641a1 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libcloudproviders/libcloudproviders-0.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libcloudproviders/libcloudproviders-0.3.1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.44"
 VALA_USE_DEPEND="vapigen"
 
 inherit meson vala