diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
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+++ b/meson.build
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+project('pugixml', 'cpp',
+  version: '1.11.4',
+  meson_version: '>=0.46.0',
+  default_options: ['cpp_std=c++11'],
+)
+
+cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
+version = meson.project_version().split('.')
+soversion = '.'.join([ version[0], version[1] ])
+
+sources = files('src/pugixml.cpp')
+
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  win_mod = import('windows')
+  sources += win_mod.compile_resources('scripts/pugixml_dll.rc')
+endif
+
+args = []
+if cxx.get_id() == 'msvc'
+  if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
+    args +='-DPUGIXML_API=__declspec(dllexport)'
+  elif get_option('default_library') == 'both'
+    error('cannot build both shared and static on MSVC due to declspec')
+  endif
+endif
+
+foreach opt: ['wchar_mode', 'compact', 'no_xpath', 'no_stl', 'no_exceptions']
+  if get_option(opt)
+    args += '-DPUGIXML_' + opt.to_upper()
+  endif
+endforeach
+
+pugixml_lib = library('pugixml', sources,
+  cpp_args: args,
+  version: soversion,
+  install: true,
+)
+install_headers('src/pugiconfig.hpp', 'src/pugixml.hpp')
+
+pugixml_dep = declare_dependency(
+  link_with: pugixml_lib,
+  include_directories: include_directories('src')
+)
+
+import('pkgconfig').generate(
+  pugixml_lib,
+  description: 'Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support.',
+  url: 'https://pugixml.org/',
+)
+
+if find_program('cmake', required: false).found()
+  cmake = import('cmake')
+  cmake.write_basic_package_version_file(
+    name: meson.project_name(),
+    version: meson.project_version(),
+    compatibility: 'SameMajorVersion',
+  )
+  cmake.configure_package_config_file(
+    input: 'scripts/pugixml-config.cmake.in',
+    name: meson.project_name(),
+    configuration: configuration_data(),
+  )
+endif
+
+subdir('tests')
+pugixml_check = executable('pugixml-check', test_sources, dependencies: pugixml_dep)
+test('pugixml-check', pugixml_check, workdir: meson.current_source_dir())
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
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+++ b/meson_options.txt
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+option('wchar_mode', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Enable wchar_t mode')
+option('compact', type: 'boolean', value: false)
+option('no_xpath', type: 'boolean', value: false)
+option('no_stl', type: 'boolean', value: false)
+option('no_exceptions', type: 'boolean', value: false)
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
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index 0000000..fe47fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/meson.build
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+test_sources = files(
+    'allocator.cpp',
+    'main.cpp',
+    'test_compact.cpp',
+    'test.cpp',
+    'test_deprecated.cpp',
+    'test_document.cpp',
+    'test_dom_modify.cpp',
+    'test_dom_text.cpp',
+    'test_dom_traverse.cpp',
+    'test_header_guard.cpp',
+    'test_header_iosfwd_1.cpp',
+    'test_header_iosfwd_2.cpp',
+    'test_header_iostream_1.cpp',
+    'test_header_iostream_2.cpp',
+    'test_header_only_1.cpp',
+    'test_header_only_2.cpp',
+    'test_header_string_1.cpp',
+    'test_header_string_2.cpp',
+    'test_header_string_iostream.cpp',
+    'test_memory.cpp',
+    'test_parse.cpp',
+    'test_parse_doctype.cpp',
+    'test_unicode.cpp',
+    'test_version.cpp',
+    'test_write.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_api.cpp',
+    'test_xpath.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_functions.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_operators.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_parse.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_paths_abbrev_w3c.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_paths.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_paths_w3c.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_variables.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_xalan_1.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_xalan_2.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_xalan_3.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_xalan_4.cpp',
+    'test_xpath_xalan_5.cpp',
+    'writer_string.cpp',
+)