diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e29154..ebb2bf4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 build/
 /tags
+subprojects/
+!subprojects/*.wrap
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55e6975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+project('yaml-cpp', 'cpp',
+  version : '0.6.2',
+  meson_version : '>=0.46.0',
+  license : 'MIT')
+
+sources = files([
+  'src/binary.cpp',
+  'src/convert.cpp',
+  'src/directives.cpp',
+  'src/emit.cpp',
+  'src/emitfromevents.cpp',
+  'src/emitter.cpp',
+  'src/emitterstate.cpp',
+  'src/emitterutils.cpp',
+  'src/exceptions.cpp',
+  'src/exp.cpp',
+  'src/memory.cpp',
+  'src/nodebuilder.cpp',
+  'src/node.cpp',
+  'src/node_data.cpp',
+  'src/nodeevents.cpp',
+  'src/null.cpp',
+  'src/ostream_wrapper.cpp',
+  'src/parse.cpp',
+  'src/parser.cpp',
+  'src/regex_yaml.cpp',
+  'src/scanner.cpp',
+  'src/scanscalar.cpp',
+  'src/scantag.cpp',
+  'src/scantoken.cpp',
+  'src/simplekey.cpp',
+  'src/singledocparser.cpp',
+  'src/stream.cpp',
+  'src/tag.cpp',
+])
+
+public_headers = files([
+  'include/yaml-cpp/anchor.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/binary.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/dll.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/emitfromevents.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/emitterdef.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/emitter.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/emittermanip.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/emitterstyle.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/eventhandler.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/exceptions.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/mark.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/null.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/ostream_wrapper.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/parser.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/stlemitter.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/traits.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/yaml.h',
+])
+
+public_contrib_headers = files([
+  'include/yaml-cpp/contrib/anchordict.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/contrib/graphbuilder.h',
+])
+
+public_node_headers = files([
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/convert.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/emit.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/iterator.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/node.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/parse.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/ptr.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/type.h',
+])
+
+public_node_detail_headers = files([
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/bool_type.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/impl.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator_fwd.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/memory.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_data.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/node.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_iterator.h',
+  'include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_ref.h',
+])
+
+should_install = not meson.is_subproject()
+
+libyamlcpp = library('yaml-cpp', sources,
+  include_directories : 'include',
+  version : meson.project_version(),
+  install : should_install)
+
+if should_install
+  install_headers(public_headers, subdir : 'yaml-cpp')
+  install_headers(public_contrib_headers, subdir : 'yaml-cpp/contrib')
+  install_headers(public_node_headers, subdir : 'yaml-cpp/node')
+  install_headers(public_node_detail_headers, subdir : 'yaml-cpp/node/detail')
+
+  pkg = import('pkgconfig')
+  pkg.generate(libyamlcpp,
+    name : 'libyaml-cpp',
+    description : 'A YAML parser and emitter in C++',
+  )
+
+  # TODO: it seems possible to generate cmake packages using meson
+  #       but I do not know how to generate yaml-cpp-targets.cmake
+  # cmake = import('cmake')
+  # conf = configuration_data()
+  # conf.set('CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS', '${YAML_CPP_CMAKE_DIR}/../../../include')
+  # conf.set('EXPORT_TARGETS', 'yaml-cpp')
+
+  # cmake.configure_package_config_file(
+  #   name : 'yaml-cpp',
+  #   input : 'yaml-cpp-config.cmake.in',
+  #   configuration : conf,
+  # )
+  # 
+  # cmake.write_basic_package_version_file(
+  #   name : 'yaml-cpp',
+  #   version : meson.project_version(),
+  # )
+endif
+
+yamlcpp_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories : 'include',
+  link_with : libyamlcpp,
+  version : meson.project_version(),
+)
+
+gtest_dep = dependency('gtest', fallback : ['gtest', 'gtest_dep'], required : false)
+gmock_dep = dependency('gmock', fallback : ['gtest', 'gmock_dep'], required : false)
+if gtest_dep.found()
+  subdir('test')
+  test('all tests', tests)
+endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gtest.wrap b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba9c9b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = googletest-release-1.8.1
+
+source_url = https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.1.zip
+source_filename = gtest-1.8.1.zip
+source_hash = 927827c183d01734cc5cfef85e0ff3f5a92ffe6188e0d18e909c5efebf28a0c7
+
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v1/projects/gtest/1.8.1/1/get_zip
+patch_filename = gtest-1.8.1-1-wrap.zip
+patch_hash = f79f5fd46e09507b3f2e09a51ea6eb20020effe543335f5aee59f30cc8d15805
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9b18e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+test_sources = files([
+  'main.cpp',
+  'ostream_wrapper_test.cpp',
+  'regex_test.cpp',
+  'node/node_test.cpp',
+  'integration/emitter_test.cpp', 
+  'integration/encoding_test.cpp', 
+  'integration/gen_emitter_test.cpp', 
+  'integration/handler_spec_test.cpp', 
+  'integration/handler_test.cpp', 
+  'integration/load_node_test.cpp', 
+  'integration/node_spec_test.cpp', 
+]) 
+
+test_dep = yamlcpp_dep
+
+tests = executable('tests', test_sources,
+  dependencies : [ gtest_dep, gmock_dep, test_dep ],
+  include_directories : [ '../src' ])