diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f73ba65..9271b7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ A Python package for plotting the positions, directions or energy distributions
 
 # Installation
 
+You will need to have OpenMC version 0.14.0 or newer installed first.
+
 ```bash
 pip install openmc_source_plotter
 ```
diff --git a/src/openmc_source_plotter/core.py b/src/openmc_source_plotter/core.py
index a73196d..40dbb20 100644
--- a/src/openmc_source_plotter/core.py
+++ b/src/openmc_source_plotter/core.py
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
 import openmc.lib
 import plotly.graph_objects
 
+import pkg_resources
+
+system_openmc_version = pkg_resources.parse_version(openmc.__version__)
+min_openmc_version = pkg_resources.parse_version("0.14.0")
+if system_openmc_version < min_openmc_version:
+    msg = (
+        "openmc_source_plotter requires openmc version 0.14.0 or above. "
+        f"You have openmc version {system_openmc_version} installed. "
+        "Please update the version of openmc installed"
+    )
+    raise ImportError(msg)
+
 
 def sample_initial_particles(self, n_samples: int = 1000, prn_seed: int = None):