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diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 247e733..78fa4fd 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -186,6 +186,21 @@ def format_time(s):
     h, m = divmod(m, 60)
     return f'{h:02d}:{m:02d}:{s + fs:06.3f}'
 
+# Return a boolean indicating whether the installer GDAL version is
+# greater than or equal to the provider (maj, min, rev) triplet.
+def gdal_version_min(maj=0, min=0, rev=0):
+    if maj < 1 or (maj == 1 and min < 10):
+        # GDAL_VERSION_NUM() macro was changed in 1.10.  That version
+        # was released in 2013 so we blindly assume the installer
+        # version is more recent
+        return True
+
+    from osgeo import gdal
+    version_cur = int(gdal.VersionInfo());
+    # cf. GDAL_COMPUTE_VERSION(maj,min,rev) in gcore/gdal_version.h.in
+    version_min = maj*1000000 + min*10000 + rev*100
+    return version_min <= version_cur
+
 
 ######
 # The function definitions below are taken from cpython's source code