diff --git a/src/core/util/capstonedisassembler/CapstoneDisassembler.cpp b/src/core/util/capstonedisassembler/CapstoneDisassembler.cpp
index 0b2a5da5..195cae6a 100644
--- a/src/core/util/capstonedisassembler/CapstoneDisassembler.cpp
+++ b/src/core/util/capstonedisassembler/CapstoneDisassembler.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+#include <capstone/capstone.h>
+#if CS_MAKE_VERSION(CS_API_MAJOR, CS_API_MINOR) < CS_MAKE_VERSION(4, 0)
+#  error Need libcapstone >= 4.0
+#endif
+
 #include "CapstoneDisassembler.hpp"
 
 using namespace fail;
diff --git a/src/core/util/capstonedisassembler/CapstoneDisassembler.hpp b/src/core/util/capstonedisassembler/CapstoneDisassembler.hpp
index 86dd7517..04f4d10d 100644
--- a/src/core/util/capstonedisassembler/CapstoneDisassembler.hpp
+++ b/src/core/util/capstonedisassembler/CapstoneDisassembler.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "CapstoneToFailBochs.hpp"
 #include "CapstoneToFailGem5.hpp"
 
-#include <capstone/capstone.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <libelf.h>