diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1b88233aa..165b4a9a6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ver 0.24 (not yet released)
   - add option to disable archive plugins in mpd.conf
 * storage
   - curl: optimize database update
+  - nfs: require libnfs 4.0 or later
 * input
   - alsa: limit ALSA buffer time to 2 seconds
   - curl: add "connect_timeout" configuration
diff --git a/src/lib/nfs/meson.build b/src/lib/nfs/meson.build
index 467da596b..ec2263e1b 100644
--- a/src/lib/nfs/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/nfs/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-nfs_dep = dependency('libnfs', version: '>= 1.11', required: get_option('nfs'))
+nfs_dep = dependency('libnfs', version: '>= 4', required: get_option('nfs'))
 conf.set('ENABLE_NFS', nfs_dep.found())
 if not nfs_dep.found()
   subdir_done()