diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index 04ed6f0da..1f6687af5 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     </activity>
 
     <fulltextsearch>
-        <provider>OCA\Deck\Provider\DeckProvider</provider>
+        <provider min-version="16">OCA\Deck\Provider\DeckProvider</provider>
     </fulltextsearch>
 
 </info>
diff --git a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index 037e664b6..d1accdb86 100644
--- a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\IUserManager;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OCP\INavigationManager;
+use OCP\Util;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\GenericEvent;
 
 class Application extends App {
@@ -190,6 +191,9 @@ class Application extends App {
 	}
 
 	public function registerFullTextSearch() {
+		if (Util::getVersion()[0] < 16) {
+			return;
+		}
 
 		$c = $this->getContainer();
 		try {