diff --git a/include.xml b/include.xml
index 1ffbc708c..f7720c255 100644
--- a/include.xml
+++ b/include.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <extension>
 	
+	<log error="Lime ${lime} is not compatible with Haxe ${haxe} (version 3.2.0 or higher is required)" if="${haxe < 3.2.0}" />
+
 	<set name="lime" />
 	
 	<haxedef name="native" if="cpp || neko || nodejs || cs" />
diff --git a/lime/project/ProjectXMLParser.hx b/lime/project/ProjectXMLParser.hx
index 9a06a0db2..0cf1d7b89 100644
--- a/lime/project/ProjectXMLParser.hx
+++ b/lime/project/ProjectXMLParser.hx
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ class ProjectXMLParser extends HXProject {
 			
 		}
 		
-		defines.set ("haxe3", "1");
+		var p = new sys.io.Process ("haxe", ["-version"]);
+		var haxeVersion = StringTools.replace (p.stderr.readAll ().toString (), "\n", "");
+		p.close ();
+		defines.set ("haxe", haxeVersion);
+		defines.set ("haxe"+haxeVersion.split(".")[0], "1");
 		
 		if (debug) {