diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 03f63e95e2..ea72ba7c2f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2638,7 +2638,7 @@ if have_system
   if slirp_opt in ['enabled', 'auto', 'system']
     have_internal = fs.exists(meson.current_source_dir() / 'slirp/meson.build')
     slirp = dependency('slirp', kwargs: static_kwargs,
-                       method: 'pkg-config',
+                       method: 'pkg-config', version: '>=4.1.0',
                        required: slirp_opt == 'system' or
                                  slirp_opt == 'enabled' and not have_internal)
     if slirp.found()
diff --git a/net/slirp.c b/net/slirp.c
index f1e25d741f..b7464be86b 100644
--- a/net/slirp.c
+++ b/net/slirp.c
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ static int net_slirp_init(NetClientState *peer, const char *model,
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMBD_COMMAND)
     struct in_addr smbsrv = { .s_addr = 0 };
 #endif
+    SlirpConfig cfg = { 0 };
     NetClientState *nc;
     SlirpState *s;
     char buf[20];
@@ -577,12 +578,26 @@ static int net_slirp_init(NetClientState *peer, const char *model,
 
     s = DO_UPCAST(SlirpState, nc, nc);
 
-    s->slirp = slirp_init(restricted, ipv4, net, mask, host,
-                          ipv6, ip6_prefix, vprefix6_len, ip6_host,
-                          vhostname, tftp_server_name,
-                          tftp_export, bootfile, dhcp,
-                          dns, ip6_dns, dnssearch, vdomainname,
-                          &slirp_cb, s);
+    cfg.version = 1;
+    cfg.restricted = restricted;
+    cfg.in_enabled = ipv4;
+    cfg.vnetwork = net;
+    cfg.vnetmask = mask;
+    cfg.vhost = host;
+    cfg.in6_enabled = ipv6;
+    cfg.vprefix_addr6 = ip6_prefix;
+    cfg.vprefix_len = vprefix6_len;
+    cfg.vhost6 = ip6_host;
+    cfg.vhostname = vhostname;
+    cfg.tftp_server_name = tftp_server_name;
+    cfg.tftp_path = tftp_export;
+    cfg.bootfile = bootfile;
+    cfg.vdhcp_start = dhcp;
+    cfg.vnameserver = dns;
+    cfg.vnameserver6 = ip6_dns;
+    cfg.vdnssearch = dnssearch;
+    cfg.vdomainname = vdomainname;
+    s->slirp = slirp_new(&cfg, &slirp_cb, s);
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&slirp_stacks, s, entry);
 
     /*