diff --git a/fuse_sideload.c b/fuse_sideload.c
index ab91def..4e11e01 100644
--- a/fuse_sideload.c
+++ b/fuse_sideload.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/inotify.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/statfs.h>
@@ -117,15 +118,40 @@
 static int handle_init(void* data, struct fuse_data* fd, const struct fuse_in_header* hdr) {
     const struct fuse_init_in* req = data;
     struct fuse_init_out out;
+    size_t fuse_struct_size;
+
+
+    /* Kernel 2.6.16 is the first stable kernel with struct fuse_init_out
+     * defined (fuse version 7.6). The structure is the same from 7.6 through
+     * 7.22. Beginning with 7.23, the structure increased in size and added
+     * new parameters.
+     */
+    if (req->major != FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION || req->minor < 6) {
+        printf("Fuse kernel version mismatch: Kernel version %d.%d, Expected at least %d.6",
+               req->major, req->minor, FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    out.minor = MIN(req->minor, FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION);
+    fuse_struct_size = sizeof(out);
+#if defined(FUSE_COMPAT_22_INIT_OUT_SIZE)
+    /* FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION >= 23. */
+
+    /* If the kernel only works on minor revs older than or equal to 22,
+     * then use the older structure size since this code only uses the 7.22
+     * version of the structure. */
+    if (req->minor <= 22) {
+        fuse_struct_size = FUSE_COMPAT_22_INIT_OUT_SIZE;
+    }
+#endif
 
     out.major = FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION;
-    out.minor = FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION;
     out.max_readahead = req->max_readahead;
     out.flags = 0;
     out.max_background = 32;
     out.congestion_threshold = 32;
     out.max_write = 4096;
-    fuse_reply(fd, hdr->unique, &out, sizeof(out));
+    fuse_reply(fd, hdr->unique, &out, fuse_struct_size);
 
     return NO_STATUS;
 }