diff --git a/mesonbuild/mintro.py b/mesonbuild/mintro.py
index ce9d81e8d..caa69824d 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mintro.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mintro.py
@@ -478,6 +478,10 @@ def run(options):
               'meson version. Please regenerate it in this case.')
         return 1
 
+    # Load build data to make sure that the version matches
+    # TODO Find a better solution for this
+    _ = cdata.load(options.builddir)
+
     results = []
     toextract = []