diff --git a/src/hb-icu.cc b/src/hb-icu.cc
index 4bb7af29ec62d75db2abcaad7c50452f9be8b059..e9b8abcf2ff79302db9eb5367919528e09d9c7f8 100644
--- a/src/hb-icu.cc
+++ b/src/hb-icu.cc
@@ -33,11 +33,16 @@
 
 #include "hb-unicode-private.hh"
 
-#include <unicode/uvernum.h>
 #include <unicode/uchar.h>
 #include <unicode/unorm.h>
 #include <unicode/ustring.h>
 
+#include <unicode/uversion.h>
+#ifndef U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM
+/* I wish ICU had stronger stability guarantees.  Oh well... */
+#include <unicode/uvernum.h>
+#endif
+
 
 
 hb_script_t