in the local working directory. To make use of this, please install the
`mkosi` package (if not packaged for your distro, it can be downloaded from
the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/systemd/mkosi). `mkosi` will build an
-image for the host distro by default. It is sufficient to type `mkosi` in the
-systemd project directory to generate a disk image `image.raw` you can boot either
-in `systemd-nspawn` or in an UEFI-capable VM:
+image for the host distro by default. mkosi-13 or newer version is required.
+It is sufficient to type `mkosi` in the systemd project directory to generate
+a disk image `image.raw` you can boot either in `systemd-nspawn` or
+in an UEFI-capable VM:
```sh
$ mkosi boot
$ meson build # configure the build
$ ninja -C build # build it locally, see if everything compiles fine
$ meson test -C build # run some simple regression tests
-$ sudo mkosi # build a test image
+$ sudo mkosi # mkosi-13 or newer required to build a test image
$ sudo mkosi boot # boot up the test image
$ git add -p # interactively put together your patch
$ git commit # commit it