diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dde90e..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-dwl
-*.o
-*-protocol.c
-*-protocol.h
-.ccls-cache
-config.h
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index ccca079..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-.POSIX:
-.SUFFIXES:
-
-include config.mk
-
-# flags for compiling
-DWLCPPFLAGS = -I. -DWLR_USE_UNSTABLE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(XWAYLAND)
-DWLDEVCFLAGS = -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wshadow -Wunused-macros\
-	-Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=implicit -Werror=return-type -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types
-
-# CFLAGS / LDFLAGS
-PKGS      = wlroots wayland-server xkbcommon libinput $(XLIBS)
-DWLCFLAGS = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags $(PKGS)` $(DWLCPPFLAGS) $(DWLDEVCFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
-LDLIBS    = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs $(PKGS)` $(LIBS)
-
-all: dwl
-dwl: dwl.o util.o
-	$(CC) dwl.o util.o $(LDLIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(DWLCFLAGS) -o $@
-dwl.o: dwl.c config.mk config.h client.h xdg-shell-protocol.h wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.h
-util.o: util.c util.h
-
-# wayland-scanner is a tool which generates C headers and rigging for Wayland
-# protocols, which are specified in XML. wlroots requires you to rig these up
-# to your build system yourself and provide them in the include path.
-WAYLAND_SCANNER   = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=wayland_scanner wayland-scanner`
-WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=pkgdatadir wayland-protocols`
-
-xdg-shell-protocol.h:
-	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) server-header \
-		$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml $@
-wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.h:
-	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) server-header \
-		protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.xml $@
-
-config.h:
-	cp config.def.h $@
-clean:
-	rm -f dwl *.o *-protocol.h
-
-dist: clean
-	mkdir -p dwl-$(VERSION)
-	cp -R LICENSE* Makefile README.md client.h config.def.h\
-		config.mk protocols dwl.1 dwl.c util.c util.h\
-		dwl-$(VERSION)
-	tar -caf dwl-$(VERSION).tar.gz dwl-$(VERSION)
-	rm -rf dwl-$(VERSION)
-
-install: dwl
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
-	cp -f dwl $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
-	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/dwl
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
-	cp -f dwl.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
-	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/dwl.1
-uninstall:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/dwl $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/dwl.1
-
-.SUFFIXES: .c .o
-.c.o:
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DWLCFLAGS) -c $<
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05f149c..f433ed1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,11 +52,15 @@ Feature *non-goals* for the main codebase include:
 dwl has only two dependencies: `wlroots` and `wayland-protocols`. 
 
 Simply install these (and their `-devel` versions if your distro has separate
-development packages) and run `make`.  If you wish to build against a Git
-version of wlroots, check out the [wlroots-next branch].
+development packages) and run
+```
+cp config.def.h config.h
+meson setup build
+meson compile -C build
+```
+If you wish to build against a Git version of wlroots, check out the [wlroots-next branch].
 
-To enable XWayland, you should also install xorg-xwayland and uncomment its flag
-in `config.mk`.
+To enable XWayland, you should also install xorg-xwayland and build with `meson setup build -Dxwayland=enabled`.
 
 ## Configuration
 
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index f50156f..0000000
--- a/config.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-_VERSION = 0.4
-VERSION  = `git describe --tags --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo $(_VERSION)`
-
-PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config
-
-# paths
-PREFIX = /usr/local
-MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
-
-XWAYLAND =
-XLIBS =
-# Uncomment to build XWayland support
-#XWAYLAND = -DXWAYLAND
-#XLIBS = xcb xcb-icccm
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa88079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+project('dwl', ['c', 'cpp'],
+  version : '0.4'
+)
+
+subdir('protocols')
+
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+libm = cc.find_library('m')
+xcb = dependency('xcb', required : get_option('xwayland'))
+xlibs = dependency('xcb-icccm', required : get_option('xwayland'))
+wayland_server_dep = dependency('wayland-server')
+wlroots_dep = dependency('wlroots')
+xkbcommon_dep = dependency('xkbcommon')
+libinput_dep = dependency('libinput')
+
+c_args = [
+  '-DWLR_USE_UNSTABLE',
+  '-D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L',
+  '-DVERSION="@0@"'.format(meson.project_version())
+]
+
+if xcb.found() and xlibs.found()
+  c_args += '-DXWAYLAND'
+ endif
+
+executable('dwl', 
+  'dwl.c',
+  'util.c',
+  wayland_sources,
+  dependencies : [
+    libm,
+    xcb,
+    xlibs,
+    wayland_server_dep,
+    wlroots_dep,
+    xkbcommon_dep,
+    libinput_dep,
+  ],
+  install : true,
+  c_args : c_args
+)
+
+install_man('dwl.1')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..693707f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+option('xwayland', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled')
diff --git a/protocols/meson.build b/protocols/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9af06c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+wayland_scanner = find_program('wayland-scanner')
+wayland_protos_dep = dependency('wayland-protocols')
+wl_protocol_dir = wayland_protos_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir')
+wayland_scanner_code = generator(
+	wayland_scanner,
+	output: '@BASENAME@-protocol.c',
+	arguments: ['private-code', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'])
+wayland_scanner_client = generator(
+	wayland_scanner,
+	output: '@BASENAME@-protocol.h',
+	arguments: ['server-header', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'])
+
+wayland_xmls = [
+	wl_protocol_dir + '/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml',
+	'wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.xml'
+]
+wayland_sources = [
+	wayland_scanner_code.process(wayland_xmls),
+	wayland_scanner_client.process(wayland_xmls),
+]