diff --git a/ocrmypdf/__main__.py b/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
index dc467d4a..e8af6a05 100755
--- a/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
+++ b/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ if tesseract.version() < MINIMUM_TESS_VERSION:
             MINIMUM_TESS_VERSION, tesseract.version()))
     sys.exit(ExitCode.missing_dependency)
 
+if qpdf.version() < '7.0.0':
+    complain(
+        "You are using qpdf version {0} which has known issues and security "
+        "vulnerabilities handling certain PDFs. Consider upgrading to the "
+        "latest version.".format(qpdf.version()))
+
 # -------------
 # Parser
 
@@ -679,6 +685,7 @@ def run_pipeline():
         logging_factory, __name__, logger_args)
     _log.debug('ocrmypdf ' + VERSION)
     _log.debug('tesseract ' + tesseract.version())
+    _log.debug('qpdf ' + qpdf.version())
 
     check_options(options, _log)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_qpdf.py b/tests/test_qpdf.py
index bf062509..e9b5be94 100644
--- a/tests/test_qpdf.py
+++ b/tests/test_qpdf.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import resource
 import pytest
 
 from ocrmypdf.exec import ghostscript, tesseract, qpdf
-from ocrmypdf.pdfinfo import PdfInfo, Colorspace, Encoding
+from ocrmypdf.pdfinfo import PdfInfo
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(