diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 16798a437..c87a49b18 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ to directly access options of other subprojects.''')
     def check_subproject_version(wanted, found):
         if wanted == 'undefined':
             return True
-        if found == 'undefined' or not mesonlib.version_compare(found, wanted):
+        if found == 'undefined' or not mesonlib.version_compare_many(found, wanted)[0]:
             return False
         return True
 
diff --git a/test cases/common/187 subproject version/meson.build b/test cases/common/187 subproject version/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd8fc0392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/187 subproject version/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+project('subproject version', 'c',
+  version : '2.3.4',
+  license: 'mylicense')
+
+subproject('a')
+
+liba_dep = dependency('a',
+  fallback: ['a', 'liba_dep'],
+  version: ['>= 0.30.0', '!= 0.99.0'])
+
diff --git a/test cases/common/187 subproject version/subprojects/a/meson.build b/test cases/common/187 subproject version/subprojects/a/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dae31300f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/187 subproject version/subprojects/a/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+project('mysubproject', 'c',
+  version : '1.0.0',
+  license : 'sublicense')
+
+liba_dep = declare_dependency (version : '1.0.0')