diff --git a/static/meson.build b/static/meson.build
index a9f9099be..b650cabcd 100644
--- a/static/meson.build
+++ b/static/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-resource_files = run_command(res_manager,
-                    '--list-all',
-                    files('resources_list.txt'),
-                    check: true
-                 ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
+if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.47.0')
+    resource_files = run_command(
+        res_manager,
+        '--list-all',
+        files('resources_list.txt'),
+        check: true
+    ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
+else
+    resource_files = run_command(
+        res_manager,
+        '--list-all',
+        files('resources_list.txt')
+    ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
+endif
+
 
 preprocessed_resources = custom_target('preprocessed_resource_files',
     input: 'resources_list.txt',
@@ -31,12 +41,24 @@ lib_resources = custom_target('resources',
 # i18n_resource_files = fs.read('i18n_resources_list.txt').strip().split('\n')
 # ```
 # once we move to meson >= 0.57.0
-i18n_resource_files = run_command(find_program('python3'),
-                                    '-c',
-                                    'import sys; f=open(sys.argv[1]); print(f.read())',
-                                    files('i18n_resources_list.txt'),
-                                    check: true
-                                 ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
+
+if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.47.0')
+    i18n_resource_files = run_command(
+        find_program('python3'),
+        '-c',
+        'import sys; f=open(sys.argv[1]); print(f.read())',
+        files('i18n_resources_list.txt'),
+        check: true
+    ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
+else
+    i18n_resource_files = run_command(
+        find_program('python3'),
+        '-c',
+        'import sys; f=open(sys.argv[1]); print(f.read())',
+        files('i18n_resources_list.txt'),
+    ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
+endif
+
 
 i18n_resources = custom_target('i18n_resources',
     input: i18n_resource_files,