diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe49bf0..987f37b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,3 +148,5 @@ Copyright (c) 2018 Norbert Renner and [contributors](https://github.com/nrenner/
     Copyright (c) 2012 davidshimjs [The MIT License](https://github.com/llyys/qrcodejs/blob/master/LICENSE)
 -   [Bootstrap Icons](https://github.com/twbs/icons)
     Copyright (c) 2019-2023 The Bootstrap Authors [The MIT License](https://github.com/twbs/icons/blob/main/LICENSE)
+-   [compare-versions](https://github.com/omichelsen/compare-versions)
+    Copyright (c) 2015-2021 Ole Michelsen [The MIT License](https://github.com/omichelsen/compare-versions/blob/main/LICENSE)
diff --git a/js/router/BRouter.js b/js/router/BRouter.js
index 7b191f4..ccdf2be 100644
--- a/js/router/BRouter.js
+++ b/js/router/BRouter.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
         GROUP_SEPARATOR: '|',
         ABORTED_ERROR: 'aborted',
         CUSTOM_PREFIX: 'custom_',
+        SUPPORTED_BROUTER_VERSIONS: '< 1.7.0 || >=1.7.2', // compatibility string should be in npm package versioning format
         isCustomProfile: function (profileName) {
             return profileName && profileName.substring(0, 7) === L.BRouter.CUSTOM_PREFIX;
         },
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
             try {
                 geojson = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
                 layer = this._assignFeatures(L.geoJSON(geojson).getLayers()[0]);
+                this.checkBRouterVersion(layer.feature.properties.creator);
 
                 return cb(null, layer);
             } catch (e) {
@@ -189,6 +191,31 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
         }
     },
 
+    versionCheckDone: false,
+    checkBRouterVersion: function (creator) {
+        if (this.versionCheckDone) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.versionCheckDone = true;
+
+        try {
+            const actualBRouterVersion = creator.replace(/^BRouter-/, '');
+            if (!compareVersions.satisfies(actualBRouterVersion, L.BRouter.SUPPORTED_BROUTER_VERSIONS)) {
+                console.warn(
+                    'BRouter-Web ' +
+                        BR.version +
+                        ' requires BRouter versions ' +
+                        L.BRouter.SUPPORTED_BROUTER_VERSIONS +
+                        ', but only ' +
+                        creator +
+                        ' was found.'
+                );
+            }
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.error(e);
+        }
+    },
+
     getRouteSegment: function (l1, l2, cb) {
         this.queue.push({ segment: [l1, l2] }, cb);
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f61a047..2383ab6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
         "bootstrap-select": "1.13.18",
         "bootstrap-slider": "11.0.2",
         "codemirror": "5.65.13",
+        "compare-versions": "^6.0.0",
         "core-js-bundle": "3.29.1",
         "datatables": "1.10.18",
         "fit-file-writer": "tbsmark86/fit-file-writer#3eebe13",
@@ -309,6 +310,11 @@
                 "index.js"
             ]
         },
+        "compare-versions": {
+            "main": [
+                "lib/umd/index.js"
+            ]
+        },
         "@mapbox/maki": {
             "main": [
                 "icons/art-gallery.svg",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 564d8f6..13d0316 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4197,6 +4197,11 @@ commander@^9.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-9.5.0.tgz#bc08d1eb5cedf7ccb797a96199d41c7bc3e60d30"
   integrity sha512-KRs7WVDKg86PWiuAqhDrAQnTXZKraVcCc6vFdL14qrZ/DcWwuRo7VoiYXalXO7S5GKpqYiVEwCbgFDfxNHKJBQ==
 
+compare-versions@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compare-versions/-/compare-versions-6.0.0.tgz#a3edb527e4487bfab9a8b62ffe70cebc9b87675b"
+  integrity sha512-s2MzYxfRsE9f/ow8hjn7ysa7pod1xhHdQMsgiJtKx6XSNf4x2N1KG4fjrkUmXcP/e9Y2ZX4zB6sHIso0Lm6evQ==
+
 component-emitter@^1.2.1:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-1.3.0.tgz#16e4070fba8ae29b679f2215853ee181ab2eabc0"