diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 94e2f491..48e5b6d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Minimum required meson version is now 0.58.
 * Mouse selections are now finalized when the window is resized
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/922).
 * Support for re-mapping input, i.e. mapping input to custom escape
diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
index a8b086ef..75c3be95 100644
--- a/doc/meson.build
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 sh = find_program('sh', native: true)
 
-scdoc_prog = find_program(scdoc.get_pkgconfig_variable('scdoc'), native: true)
+scdoc_prog = find_program(scdoc.get_variable('scdoc'), native: true)
 
 conf_data = configuration_data(
   {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ foreach man_src : [{'name': 'foot', 'section' : 1},
     out,
     output: out,
     input: preprocessed,
-    command: [sh, '-c', '@0@ < @INPUT@'.format(scdoc_prog.path())],
+    command: [sh, '-c', '@0@ < @INPUT@'.format(scdoc_prog.full_path())],
     capture: true,
     install: true,
     install_dir: join_paths(get_option('mandir'), 'man@0@'.format(section)))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8778927d..e2df6bdd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('foot', 'c',
         version: '1.11.0',
         license: 'MIT',
-        meson_version: '>=0.54.0',
+        meson_version: '>=0.58.0',
         default_options: [
           'c_std=c11',
           'warning_level=1',
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 # Compute the relative path used by compiler invocations.
 source_root = meson.current_source_dir().split('/')
-build_root = meson.build_root().split('/')
+build_root = meson.global_build_root().split('/')
 relative_dir_parts = []
 i = 0
 in_prefix = true
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ endif
 tllist = dependency('tllist', version: '>=1.0.4', fallback: 'tllist')
 fcft = dependency('fcft', version: ['>=3.0.1', '<4.0.0'], fallback: 'fcft')
 
-wayland_protocols_datadir = wayland_protocols.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir')
+wayland_protocols_datadir = wayland_protocols.get_variable('pkgdatadir')
 
 wscanner = dependency('wayland-scanner', native: true)
 wscanner_prog = find_program(
-  wscanner.get_pkgconfig_variable('wayland_scanner'), native: true)
+  wscanner.get_variable('wayland_scanner'), native: true)
 
 wl_proto_headers = []
 wl_proto_src = []
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ if systemd.found()
   configuration = configuration_data()
   configuration.set('bindir', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('bindir')))
 
-  systemd_units_dir = systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemduserunitdir')
+  systemd_units_dir = systemd.get_variable('systemduserunitdir')
   configure_file(
     configuration: configuration,
     input: 'foot-server@.service.in',