diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 554e67e5dd..3636a0ff8c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1084,6 +1084,7 @@ conf.set10('HAVE_XZ', have)
 want_lz4 = get_option('lz4')
 if want_lz4 != 'false' and not fuzzer_build
         liblz4 = dependency('liblz4',
+                            version : '>= 1.8.3',
                             required : want_lz4 == 'true')
         have = liblz4.found()
 else
diff --git a/src/journal/test-compress.c b/src/journal/test-compress.c
index 7addf318d6..fb0db190b2 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-compress.c
+++ b/src/journal/test-compress.c
@@ -227,13 +227,10 @@ static void test_lz4_decompress_partial(void) {
         assert_se(r >= 0);
         log_info("Decompressed partial %i/%i → %i", 12, HUGE_SIZE, r);
 
-        /* We expect this to fail, because that's how current lz4 works. If this
-         * call succeeds, then lz4 has been fixed, and we need to change our code.
-         */
         r = LZ4_decompress_safe_partial(buf, huge,
                                         compressed,
                                         12, HUGE_SIZE-1);
-        assert_se(r < 0);
+        assert_se(r >= 0);
         log_info("Decompressed partial %i/%i → %i", 12, HUGE_SIZE-1, r);
 }
 #endif