diff --git a/README b/README
index 979807cda6e..eea3a55fbb8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         gnutls >= 3.1.4 (optional)
         openssl >= 1.1.0 (optional, required to support DNS-over-TLS)
         p11-kit >= 0.23.3 (optional)
-        libfido2 >= 1.5.0 (optional)
+        libfido2 (optional)
         tpm2-tss (optional)
         elfutils >= 158 (optional)
         polkit (optional)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bf58d536f4e..5ae8763afdc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1354,7 +1354,6 @@ feature = get_option('libfido2').require(
         conf.get('HAVE_OPENSSL') == 1,
         error_message : 'openssl required')
 libfido2 = dependency('libfido2',
-                      version : '>=1.5.0',
                       required : feature)
 conf.set10('HAVE_LIBFIDO2', libfido2.found())
 
diff --git a/src/shared/libfido2-util.c b/src/shared/libfido2-util.c
index bbca00ceeb8..5bcd5388b0c 100644
--- a/src/shared/libfido2-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/libfido2-util.c
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "unistd.h"
 
+/* Added in version 1.5.0 */
+#ifndef FIDO_ERR_UV_BLOCKED
+#define FIDO_ERR_UV_BLOCKED 0x3c
+#endif
+
 static void *libfido2_dl = NULL;
 
 DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(fido_assert_allow_cred) = NULL;