diff --git a/lib/librte_meter/meson.build b/lib/librte_meter/meson.build
index 646fd4d43f..947bc19e25 100644
--- a/lib/librte_meter/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_meter/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
+version = 2
 sources = files('rte_meter.c')
 headers = files('rte_meter.h')