diff --git a/beetsplug/discogs.py b/beetsplug/discogs.py
index c8798db88..3e12b47c2 100644
--- a/beetsplug/discogs.py
+++ b/beetsplug/discogs.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from beets.util.id_extractors import extract_discogs_id_regex
 from beets.autotag.hooks import AlbumInfo, TrackInfo
 from beets.plugins import MetadataSourcePlugin, BeetsPlugin, get_distance
 import confuse
+from discogs_client import __version__ as dc_string
 from discogs_client import Release, Master, Client
 from discogs_client.exceptions import DiscogsAPIError
 from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class DiscogsPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
+        self.check_discogs_client()
         self.config.add({
             'apikey': API_KEY,
             'apisecret': API_SECRET,
@@ -66,6 +68,19 @@ class DiscogsPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
         self.discogs_client = None
         self.register_listener('import_begin', self.setup)
 
+    def check_discogs_client(self):
+        """Ensure python3-discogs-client version >= 2.3.15
+        """
+        dc_min_version = [2, 3, 15]
+        dc_version = [int(elem) for elem in dc_string.split('.')]
+        min_len = min(len(dc_version), len(dc_min_version))
+        gt_min = [(elem > elem_min) for elem, elem_min in
+                  zip(dc_version[:min_len],
+                      dc_min_version[:min_len])]
+        if True not in gt_min:
+            self._log.warning(('python3-discogs-client version should be '
+                               '>= 2.3.15'))
+
     def setup(self, session=None):
         """Create the `discogs_client` field. Authenticate if necessary.
         """
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b267e248a..9071f8831 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ New features:
   :bug:`4251`
 * :doc:`/plugins/discogs`: Permit appending style to genre.
 * :doc:`plugins/discogs`: Implement item_candidates for matching singletons.
+* :doc:`plugins/discogs`: Check for compliant discogs_client module.
 * :doc:`/plugins/convert`: Add a new `auto_keep` option that automatically
   converts files but keeps the *originals* in the library.
   :bug:`1840` :bug:`4302`
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 185f4f752..a5c57cc7d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ setup(
             'requests_oauthlib',
             'reflink',
             'rarfile',
-            'python3-discogs-client',
+            'python3-discogs-client>=2.3.15',
             'py7zr',
         ],
         'lint': [
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ setup(
         'embedart': ['Pillow'],
         'embyupdate': ['requests'],
         'chroma': ['pyacoustid'],
-        'discogs': ['python3-discogs-client>=2.3.10'],
+        'discogs': ['python3-discogs-client>=2.3.15'],
         'beatport': ['requests-oauthlib>=0.6.1'],
         'kodiupdate': ['requests'],
         'lastgenre': ['pylast'],