diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f576a4..c8ac764 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /.cache
-/.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+/.vscode
+config.h
diff --git a/config.h b/config.def.h
similarity index 100%
rename from config.h
rename to config.def.h
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fece654..26bc07d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ project('plume', ['c', 'cpp'],
 
 subdir('protocols')
 
+fs = import('fs')
+
+if not fs.exists('config.h')
+  run_command('cp', 'config.def.h', 'config.h', check: true)
+endif
+
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 libm = cc.find_library('m')
 xcb = dependency('xcb', required : get_option('xwayland'))