diff --git a/man/meson.build b/man/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48312c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+mans = ['compton.1', 'compton-trans.1']
+a2x = find_program('a2x')
+foreach m : mans
+	custom_target(m, output: [m], input: [m+'.asciidoc'],
+	              command: [a2x, '--format', 'manpage', '@INPUT@',
+	                        '-D', meson.current_build_dir()],
+	              install: true, install_dir: 'share/man/man1/')
+endforeach
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f901b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+project('compton', 'c')
+
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+
+add_global_arguments('-std=c11', language: 'c')
+
+if get_option('sanitize')
+	sanitizers = ['address', 'undefined']
+	if cc.has_argument('-fsanitize=integer')
+		sanitizers += ['integer']
+	endif
+	if cc.has_argument('-fsanitize=nullability')
+		sanitizers += ['nullability']
+	endif
+	add_global_arguments('-fsanitize='+','.join(sanitizers), language: 'c')
+	add_global_link_arguments('-fsanitize='+','.join(sanitizers), language: 'c')
+endif
+
+add_global_arguments('-D_GNU_SOURCE', language: 'c')
+
+warns = [ 'all', 'extra', 'no-unused-parameter', 'nonnull', 'shadow' ]
+foreach w : warns
+	if cc.has_argument('-W'+w)
+		add_global_arguments('-W'+w, language: 'c')
+	endif
+endforeach
+
+subdir('src')
+subdir('man')
+
+install_subdir('bin', install_dir: '')
+install_data('compton.desktop', install_dir: 'share/applications')
+install_data('media/icons/48x48/compton.png',
+             install_dir: 'share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps')
+install_data('media/compton.svg',
+             install_dir: 'share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8855fb81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+option('sanitize', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Compile compton with sanitizers')
+option('xinerama', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Enable XINERAMA support')
+option('config_file', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Enable config file support')
+option('regex', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Enable regex support in window conditions')
+
+option('vsync_drm', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Enable support for using drm for vsync')
+
+option('opengl', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Enable features that require opengl (opengl backend, and opengl vsync methods)')
+option('dbus', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Enable suport for D-Bus remote control')
+
+option('xrescheck', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Enable X resource leak checker (for debug only)')
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 1414cebb..55fff919 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ cxfree(void *data) {
     XFree(data);
 }
 
-static inline void _Noreturn
+_Noreturn static inline void
 die(const char *msg) {
   puts(msg);
   exit(1);
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79b55fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+deps = [ cc.find_library('m'), cc.find_library('ev') ]
+
+cflags = [ '-DCONFIG_XSYNC' ]
+
+srcs = ['compton.c', 'win.c', 'c2.c', 'x.c', 'config.c']
+
+required_package =[
+	'x11', 'x11-xcb', 'xcb-renderutil',
+	'xcb-render', 'xcb-damage', 'xcb-randr',
+	'xcb-composite', 'xcb-shape', 'xcb-image',
+	'xcb-xfixes', 'xext', 'pixman-1']
+
+foreach i : required_package
+	deps += [dependency(i, required: true)]
+endforeach
+
+if get_option('xinerama')
+	deps += [dependency('xcb-xinerama', required: true)]
+	cflags += ['-DCONFIG_XINERAMA']
+endif
+
+if get_option('config_file')
+	deps += [dependency('libconfig', version: '>=1.4', required: true)]
+	cflags += ['-DCONFIG_LIBCONFIG']
+	srcs += [ 'config_libconfig.c' ]
+endif
+if get_option('regex')
+	pcre = dependency('libpcre', required: true)
+	cflags += ['-DCONFIG_REGEX_PCRE']
+	if pcre.version().version_compare('>=8.20')
+		cflags += ['-DCONFIG_REGEX_PCRE_JIT']
+	endif
+	deps += [pcre]
+endif
+
+if get_option('vsync_drm')
+	cflags += ['-DCONFIG_VSYNC_DRM']
+	deps += [dependency('libdrm', required: true)]
+endif
+
+if get_option('opengl')
+	cflags += ['-DCONFIG_OPENGL']
+	deps += [dependency('gl', required: true)]
+	srcs += [ 'opengl.c' ]
+endif
+
+if get_option('dbus')
+	cflags += ['-DCONFIG_DBUS']
+	deps += [dependency('dbus-1', required: true)]
+	srcs += [ 'dbus.c' ]
+endif
+
+if get_option('xrescheck')
+	cflags += ['-DDEBUG_XRC']
+	srcs += [ 'xrescheck.c' ]
+endif
+
+executable('compton', srcs, c_args: cflags, dependencies: deps, install: true)