diff --git a/plugin/jedi_vim.py b/plugin/jedi_vim.py
index 88ee77a..09f0600 100644
--- a/plugin/jedi_vim.py
+++ b/plugin/jedi_vim.py
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ import jedi.keywords
 from jedi._compatibility import unicode
 
 
+def echo_highlight(msg):
+    vim.command('echohl WarningMsg | echom "%s" | echohl None' % msg)
+
+
+if not hasattr(jedi, '__version__') or jedi.__version__ < (0, 6, 0):
+    echo_highlight('Please update your Jedi version, it is to old.')
+
+
 class PythonToVimStr(unicode):
     """ Vim has a different string implementation of single quotes """
     __slots__ = []
@@ -26,10 +34,6 @@ class PythonToVimStr(unicode):
         return '"%s"' % s.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('"', r'\"')
 
 
-def echo_highlight(msg):
-    vim.command('echohl WarningMsg | echo "%s" | echohl None' % msg)
-
-
 def get_script(source=None, column=None):
     jedi.settings.additional_dynamic_modules = [b.name for b in vim.buffers
                             if b.name is not None and b.name.endswith('.py')]