diff --git a/checkdeps.sh b/checkdeps.sh
index 63fbaa5b4..80a42f00f 100755
--- a/checkdeps.sh
+++ b/checkdeps.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+check_version() {
+    local version=$1 check=$2
+    local highest=$(echo -e "$version\n$check" | sort -nrt. -k1,1 -k2,2 -k3,3 | head -1)
+    [[ "$highest" = "$version" ]] && return 0
+    return 1
+}
+
 echo -n "Checking if proper environment variables are set.. "
 
 echo ${GOROOT:?} 2>&1 >/dev/null
@@ -26,6 +33,11 @@ echo -n "Checking dependencies for Minio.. "
 ## Check all dependencies are present
 MISSING=""
 
+check_version "$(env go version | sed 's/^.* go\([0-9.]*\).*$/\1/')" "1.4.0"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    MISSING="${MISSING} golang(1.4.0)"
+fi
+
 env git --version > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   MISSING="${MISSING} git"