diff --git a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
index 0a86e0b54a..e2cdd738f2 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -873,6 +873,10 @@ func (dn *Daemon) LogSystemData() {
 	} else {
 		glog.Info("systemd service state: OK")
 	}
+
+	if err := checkNodeRpmOstreeVersion(); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to check rpm-ostree version: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/rpm-ostree.go b/pkg/daemon/rpm-ostree.go
index f35ecaccdd..a9fc3b93dc 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/rpm-ostree.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/rpm-ostree.go
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
+	yaml "github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	pivotutils "github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/pkg/daemon/pivot/utils"
@@ -20,8 +22,21 @@ const (
 	numRetriesNetCommands = 5
 	// Pull secret.  Written by the machine-config-operator
 	kubeletAuthFile = "/var/lib/kubelet/config.json"
+
+	// rpmOstreeVersionMinimum is the minimum required version
+	rpmOstreeVersionMinimum = "2021.14"
 )
 
+// rpmOstreeVersionOuter is YAML output by `rpm-ostree --version`
+type rpmOstreeVersionOuter struct {
+	Root rpmOstreeVersionData `json:"rpm-ostree"`
+}
+
+type rpmOstreeVersionData struct {
+	Version  string   `json:"Version"`
+	Features []string `json:"Features"`
+}
+
 // rpmOstreeState houses zero or more RpmOstreeDeployments
 // Subset of `rpm-ostree status --json`
 // https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/blob/bce966a9812df141d38e3290f845171ec745aa4e/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.c#L227
@@ -100,6 +115,60 @@ func (r *RpmOstreeClient) loadStatus() (*rpmOstreeState, error) {
 	return &rosState, nil
 }
 
+func parseVer(s string) ([]int, error) {
+	r := []int{}
+	for _, s := range strings.Split(s, ".") {
+		n, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse %s: %v", s, err)
+		}
+		r = append(r, n)
+	}
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+func validateVersion(current rpmOstreeVersionOuter) error {
+	requiredVer, err := parseVer(rpmOstreeVersionMinimum)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	curVer, err := parseVer(current.Root.Version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(curVer) < len(requiredVer) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Too few components in %s, expected to match %s", current.Root.Version, rpmOstreeVersionMinimum)
+	}
+	for i, v := range requiredVer {
+		if curVer[i] < v {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Too old %s, expected to match %s", current.Root.Version, rpmOstreeVersionMinimum)
+		}
+		// Shortcut for e.g. 2022 > 2021
+		if curVer[i] > v {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func checkNodeRpmOstreeVersion() error {
+	versionBytes, err := runGetOut("rpm-ostree", "--version")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var versionData rpmOstreeVersionOuter
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(versionBytes, &versionData); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse rpm-ostree --version as YAML: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := validateVersion(versionData); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Too old rpm-ostree: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (r *RpmOstreeClient) Initialize() error {
 	// This replicates https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/pull/2945
 	// and can be removed when we have a new enough rpm-ostree with
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/rpm-ostree_test.go b/pkg/daemon/rpm-ostree_test.go
index 6159d3d2bf..703df4db17 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/rpm-ostree_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/rpm-ostree_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 package daemon
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
+)
+
 /*
  * This file contains test code for the rpm-ostree client. It is meant to be used when
  * testing the daemon and mocking the responses that would normally be executed by the
@@ -46,3 +54,39 @@ func (r RpmOstreeClientMock) GetStatus() (string, error) {
 func (r RpmOstreeClientMock) GetBootedDeployment() (*RpmOstreeDeployment, error) {
 	return &RpmOstreeDeployment{}, nil
 }
+
+func TestParseVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	s := `
+rpm-ostree:
+  Version: '2021.14'
+  Git: v2021.14
+  Features:
+   - bin-unit-tests
+   - compose
+   - rust
+   - fedora-integration
+   `
+	var outer rpmOstreeVersionOuter
+	assert.Nil(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &outer))
+	fmt.Printf("%v", outer)
+	assert.Equal(t, outer.Root.Version, "2021.14")
+}
+
+func TestValidateVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, old := range []string{"2019.5", "2021.6"} {
+		v := rpmOstreeVersionOuter{
+			Root: rpmOstreeVersionData{
+				Version: old,
+			},
+		}
+		assert.NotNil(t, validateVersion(v))
+	}
+	for _, newver := range []string{"2021.14", "2021.15", "2022.1"} {
+		v := rpmOstreeVersionOuter{
+			Root: rpmOstreeVersionData{
+				Version: newver,
+			},
+		}
+		assert.Nil(t, validateVersion(v))
+	}
+}