diff --git a/cli/cmd/turbo/main.go b/cli/cmd/turbo/main.go
index 79255df0c36bb..77a8ce1a8d39a 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/turbo/main.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/turbo/main.go
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	if cf != nil {
+		err = config.CheckTurboVersionCompatibility(turboVersion, cf)
+		if err != nil {
+			ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", uiPkg.ERROR_PREFIX, color.RedString(err.Error())))
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
 	var logger hclog.Logger
 	if cf != nil {
 		logger = cf.Logger
diff --git a/cli/internal/config/version_compatibility.go b/cli/internal/config/version_compatibility.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a58c2c08609da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/internal/config/version_compatibility.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/vercel/turborepo/cli/internal/fs"
+)
+
+// CheckTurboVersionCompatibility makes sure that the Turbo version is compatible with the configuration
+func CheckTurboVersionCompatibility(turboVersion string, c *Config) error {
+	v, err := semver.NewVersion(turboVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	err = checkPackageTurboEngineConstraint(v, c.RootPackageJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func checkPackageTurboEngineConstraint(turboVersion *semver.Version, packageJSON *fs.PackageJSON) error {
+	// The lack of an engine constraint means there's nothing to validate and isn't an error.
+	if packageJSON == nil || packageJSON.Engines["turbo"] == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	c, err := semver.NewConstraint(packageJSON.Engines["turbo"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("package.json: the 'engines.turbo' constraint is not valid")
+	}
+	if !c.Check(turboVersion) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("package.json: version '%v' of Turbo does not meet the '%v' engine constraint", turboVersion, packageJSON.Engines["turbo"])
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cli/internal/fs/package_json.go b/cli/internal/fs/package_json.go
index 11cce425b3c53..32ba08f75b951 100644
--- a/cli/internal/fs/package_json.go
+++ b/cli/internal/fs/package_json.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 type PackageJSON struct {
 	Name                   string            `json:"name,omitempty"`
 	Version                string            `json:"version,omitempty"`
+	Engines                map[string]string `json:"engines,omitempty"`
 	Scripts                map[string]string `json:"scripts,omitempty"`
 	Dependencies           map[string]string `json:"dependencies,omitempty"`
 	DevDependencies        map[string]string `json:"devDependencies,omitempty"`