diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 90b653d4..997fe872 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["mutex", "condvar", "rwlock", "once", "thread"]
 categories = ["concurrency"]
 edition = "2018"
+rust-version = "1.49"
 
 [dependencies]
 parking_lot_core = { path = "core", version = "0.9.0" }