diff --git a/pipewire-jack/src/meson.build b/pipewire-jack/src/meson.build
index 6d0b49bc0..cdc147ba4 100644
--- a/pipewire-jack/src/meson.build
+++ b/pipewire-jack/src/meson.build
@@ -68,23 +68,24 @@ pipewire_jackserver = shared_library('jacknet',
     install_dir : libjack_path,
 )
 
-if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.59.0')
-  if get_option('jack-devel') == true
-    pkgconfig.generate(filebase : 'jack',
-    libraries : [pipewire_jack, pipewire_jackserver],
-    name : 'jack',
-    description : 'PipeWire JACK API',
-    version : '1.9.17',
-    extra_cflags : '-D_REENTRANT',
-    unescaped_variables: ['server_libs=-L${libdir} -ljackserver'])
-  endif
-else
-  warning(
+
+if get_option('jack-devel') == true
+  if meson.version().version_compare('<0.59.0')
+    error(
           '''
-          No jack pkg-config file is generated.\n
-          Before version 0.59.0 Meson creates a wrong jack pkg-config file.\n
-          Please update Meson if you want to generate a jack pkg-config file.
+          Before version 0.59.0 Meson creates a wrong jack pkg-config file.
+          For that reason this is now an error. Please update Meson,
+          if you want to have JACK development files.
           ''')
+  endif
+
+  pkgconfig.generate(filebase : 'jack',
+  libraries : [pipewire_jack, pipewire_jackserver],
+  name : 'jack',
+  description : 'PipeWire JACK API',
+  version : '1.9.17',
+  extra_cflags : '-D_REENTRANT',
+  unescaped_variables: ['server_libs=-L${libdir} -ljackserver'])
 endif
 
 if sdl_dep.found()