diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 661ef4731ac0e53f854243b4f5d74a60d1c70248..8bd67e600f125b63617bacfe8c81ed5415ad4ced 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ fortran_compiler = meson.get_compiler('fortran')
 c_compiler = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
 # If this is GCC, enforce minimal version
+# NB: when modifiying this value, also update the gcc-*.ini native file under scripts/
 # Other compilers are unsupported, but do not fail in that case
 gcc_minimal_version = 10
 if ((cpp_compiler.get_id() == 'gcc'