diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index 8a4c10f..6a7b416 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ my $build = Module::Build->new(
     dist_author       => 'Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@oicr.on.ca>',
     configure_requires => { 'Module::Build' => 0 },
     requires          => {
-      'Fuse'          => '0.09',
+      'Fuse'          => '0.09.0',
       'LWP::UserAgent'=> '6.00',
       'Date::Parse'   => '2.30',
       'XML::Simple'   => '2.18',
diff --git a/bin/mythfs.pl b/bin/mythfs.pl
index 50d3851..ec5216e 100755
--- a/bin/mythfs.pl
+++ b/bin/mythfs.pl
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ sub check_disable_threads {
 	warn "This version of perl is not compiled for ithreads. Running with slower non-threaded version.\n";
 	return 1;
     }
-    if ($] >= 5.014 && $Fuse::VERSION < 0.15) {
+    if ($] >= 5.014 && version->parse($Fuse::VERSION) < version->parse("0.15.0")) {
 	warn "You need Fuse version 0.15 or higher to run under this version of Perl.\n";
 	warn "Threads will be disabled. Running with slower non-threaded version.\n";
 	return 1;