diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/meson.build b/lib/librte_eventdev/meson.build
index d1a9960289..e1e22a56e7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
+version = 3
 allow_experimental_apis = true
 sources = files('rte_eventdev.c',
 		'rte_event_ring.c',