diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
index cee0c728d39a..230604e7f057 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 #error "Please don't include <linux/compiler-clang.h> directly, include <linux/compiler.h> instead."
 #endif
 
+#define CLANG_VERSION (__clang_major__ * 10000	\
+		     + __clang_minor__ * 100	\
+		     + __clang_patchlevel__)
+
+#if CLANG_VERSION < 100001
+# error Sorry, your version of Clang is too old - please use 10.0.1 or newer.
+#endif
+
 /* Compiler specific definitions for Clang compiler */
 
 /* same as gcc, this was present in clang-2.6 so we can assume it works