diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 830538e6763..1e47136abba 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ install: bash -ex .travis-ci.sh prepare
 script: bash -ex .travis-ci.sh build
 
 # Please keep the list in sync with the minimal version of OCaml in
-# dune-project and bootstrap.ml
+# dune-project, dune.opam.template and bootstrap.ml
 
 matrix:
   include:
diff --git a/dune-project b/dune-project
index 7ea7dd00563..98df9f567a7 100644
--- a/dune-project
+++ b/dune-project
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@
 
 (package
  (name dune)
- (depends
-  ;; Please keep the lower bound in sync with .travis.yml and
-  ;; min_ocaml_version in bootstrap.ml
-  (ocaml (>= 4.07))
-  base-unix
-  base-threads)
+ ; The "depends" and "build" field are written in dune.opam.template
  (conflicts
   (odoc (< 1.3.0))
   (dune-release (< 1.3.0))
diff --git a/dune.opam b/dune.opam
index 073f40200d4..b0ccd87179c 100644
--- a/dune.opam
+++ b/dune.opam
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ license: "MIT"
 homepage: "https://github.com/ocaml/dune"
 doc: "https://dune.readthedocs.io/"
 bug-reports: "https://github.com/ocaml/dune/issues"
-depends: [
-  "ocaml" {>= "4.07"}
-  "base-unix"
-  "base-threads"
-]
 conflicts: [
   "odoc" {< "1.3.0"}
   "dune-release" {< "1.3.0"}
@@ -43,3 +38,10 @@ build: [
   ["ocaml" "bootstrap.ml" "-j" jobs]
   ["./dune.exe" "build" "-p" name "--profile" "dune-bootstrap" "-j" jobs]
 ]
+depends: [
+  # Please keep the lower bound in sync with .travis.yml and
+  # min_ocaml_version in bootstrap.ml
+  ("ocaml" {>= "4.07"} | ("ocaml" {< "4.07~~"} & "ocamlfind-secondary"))
+  "base-unix"
+  "base-threads"
+]
diff --git a/dune.opam.template b/dune.opam.template
index 0a30094cbe5..4c5a458a425 100644
--- a/dune.opam.template
+++ b/dune.opam.template
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ build: [
   ["ocaml" "bootstrap.ml" "-j" jobs]
   ["./dune.exe" "build" "-p" name "--profile" "dune-bootstrap" "-j" jobs]
 ]
+depends: [
+  # Please keep the lower bound in sync with .travis.yml, dune-project
+  # and min_ocaml_version in bootstrap.ml
+  ("ocaml" {>= "4.07"} | ("ocaml" {< "4.07~~"} & "ocamlfind-secondary"))
+  "base-unix"
+  "base-threads"
+]