diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 50db8602d7..5e0bf4bf98 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -802,6 +802,9 @@ endif()
 
 if(CURL_USE_MBEDTLS)
   find_package(MbedTLS REQUIRED)
+  if(MBEDTLS_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.2.0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "mbedTLS v3.2.0 or newer is required.")
+  endif()
   set(_ssl_enabled ON)
   set(USE_MBEDTLS ON)
   list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES})