diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 31f4528..18ea1c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 members = ["app", "page", "pages/*"]
 default-members = ["app"]
 resolver = "2"
+rust-version = "1.71.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies.libcosmic]
 git = "https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic"
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index dc9d515..2feceba 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import 'scripts/cargo.just'
-import 'scripts/cosmic.just'
 
+# Project metadata
 name := 'cosmic-settings'
 appid := 'com.system76.CosmicSettings'
 
+# File paths
+rootdir := ''
+prefix := '/usr'
+
 default-schema-target := clean(rootdir / prefix) / 'share' / 'cosmic'
 
-# File paths
 bin-src := cargo-target-dir / 'release' / name
 bin-dest := clean(rootdir / prefix) / 'bin' / name
 
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ metainfo := appid + '.metainfo.xml'
 metainfo-src := 'resources' / metainfo
 metainfo-dst := clean(rootdir / prefix) / 'share' / 'metainfo' / metainfo
 
+# Build recipes
 [private]
 default: build-release
 
@@ -34,11 +38,18 @@ uninstall:
     find 'resources'/'default_schema' -type f -exec echo {} \; | rev | cut -d'/' -f-3 | rev | xargs -d '\n' -I {} rm -rf {{default-schema-target}}/{}
     find 'resources'/'icons' -type f -exec echo {} \; | rev | cut -d'/' -f-3 | rev | xargs -d '\n' -I {} rm {{iconsdir}}/{}
 
-# Vendor Cargo dependencies locally
-vendor:
-    mkdir -p .cargo
-    cargo vendor --sync Cargo.toml \
-        | head -n -1 > .cargo/config
-    echo 'directory = "vendor"' >> .cargo/config
-    tar pcf vendor.tar vendor
-    rm -rf vendor
+# Dependencies
+cmd-depends := "
+cargo
+cmake
+"
+
+lib-depends := "
+expat
+fontconfig
+freetype2
+libinput
+libudev
+wayland-client
+xkbcommon
+"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/cargo.just b/scripts/cargo.just
index 4439d73..d64b198 100644
--- a/scripts/cargo.just
+++ b/scripts/cargo.just
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+import "common.just"
+
+# Return an error if the system does not contain the minimum required Rust version.
+min-rust-version := '>=' + `grep rust-version Cargo.toml | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -c 2-7`
+rust-version-check := if semver_matches(`rustc --version | cut -c 7-12`, min-rust-version) == "false" {
+    error('Requires rustc version ' + min-rust-version)
+} else {
+    "passed"
+}
+
 cargo-target-dir := env('CARGO_TARGET_DIR', 'target')
 
 # Use mold linker if clang and mold exists.
@@ -17,6 +27,7 @@ linker-arg := if clang-path != '' {
 export RUSTFLAGS := linker-arg + env_var_or_default('RUSTFLAGS', '')
 
 # Compile with debug profile
+[no-cd]
 build-debug *args:
     cargo build {{args}}
 
@@ -34,10 +45,12 @@ check *args:
 check-json: (check '--message-format=json')
 
 # Remove Cargo build artifacts
+[no-cd]
 clean:
     cargo clean
 
 # Also remove .cargo and vendored dependencies
+[no-cd]
 clean-dist: clean
     rm -rf .cargo vendor vendor.tar target
 
@@ -49,8 +62,17 @@ run *args:
 test *args:
     cargo test {{args}}
 
+# Vendor Cargo dependencies locally
+[no-cd]
+vendor:
+    mkdir -p .cargo
+    cargo vendor | head -n -1 > .cargo/config
+    echo 'directory = "vendor"' >> .cargo/config
+    tar pcf vendor.tar vendor
+    rm -rf vendor
+
 # Extracts vendored dependencies
-[private]
+[no-cd, private]
 vendor-extract:
     rm -rf vendor
     tar pxf vendor.tar
diff --git a/scripts/cosmic.just b/scripts/common.just
similarity index 52%
rename from scripts/cosmic.just
rename to scripts/common.just
index 7ad3b4c..9e05585 100644
--- a/scripts/cosmic.just
+++ b/scripts/common.just
@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
-rootdir := ''
-prefix := '/usr'
-
 # Installation command
-[private]
+[no-cd, private]
 install-cmd options src dest:
     install {{options}} {{src}} {{dest}}
 
-[private]
+[no-cd, private]
 install-bin src dest: (install-cmd '-Dm0755' src dest)
 
-[private]
+[no-cd, private]
 install-file src dest: (install-cmd '-Dm0644' src dest)
 
+# Check if required dependencies are installed on the system
+dep-check:
+    #!/bin/sh
+    echo "{{lib-depends}}" | while read -r lib; do
+        if [ -n "${lib}" ]; then
+            just dep-lib "${lib}" || exit 1
+        fi
+    done
+    echo "{{cmd-depends}}" | while read -r cmd; do
+        if [ -n "${cmd}" ]; then
+            just dep-cmd "${cmd}" || exit 1
+        fi
+    done
+
 # Errors if a command does not exist
 [private]
 dep-cmd cmd:
@@ -20,7 +31,7 @@ dep-cmd cmd:
 # Errors if a library does not exist
 [private]
 dep-lib lib:
-    @pkg-config --libs {{lib}} >/dev/null 2>&1 || (just print-error 'missing dependency' 'library' {{lib}}; exit 1)
+    @pkg-config --exists {{lib}} || (just print-error 'missing dependency' 'library' {{lib}}; exit 1)
 
 # Display a formatted error for the user.
 [private]