diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f0f0f8e..49f2d98 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
-# Stolen from:
-# https://github.com/mmstick/tv-renamer/blob/3f9e274e1b2300209172d4b3c991e9e7952b7259/Makefile
-
-DESTDIR = /usr
+# Generated by configure; do not edit
 
 all:
-	cargo build --release
+	/usr/bin/ninja -C /home/alatiera/projects/rust/hammond/_build
 
 install:
-	install -Dm 755 "target/release/hammond-gtk" "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond"
-	ln -sf "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond" "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond-gtk"
-	install -Dm 644 "assets/hammond.desktop" "${DESTDIR}/share/applications/hammond.desktop"
-	install -Dm 644 README.md "${DESTDIR}/share/doc/hammond/README"
-	install -Dm 644 LICENSE "${DESTDIR}/share/licenses/hammond/COPYING"
-
-tar:
-	install -Dm 755 "target/release/hammond-gtk" "hammond/bin/hammond"
-	ln -sf "hammond/bin/hammond" "hammond/bin/hammond-gtk"
-	install -Dm 644 "assets/hammond.desktop" "hammond/share/applications/hammond.desktop"
-	install -Dm 644 README.md "hammond/share/doc/hammond/README"
-	install -Dm 644 LICENSE "hammond/share/licenses/hammond/COPYING"
-	tar cf - "hammond" | xz -zf > "hammond_$(shell uname -m).tar.xz"
-	rm -rf hammond
+	DESTDIR="$(DESTDIR)" /usr/bin/ninja -C /home/alatiera/projects/rust/hammond/_build install
 
 uninstall:
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond"
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond-gtk"
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/share/applications/hammond.desktop"
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/share/doc/hammond/README"
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/share/licenses/hammond/COPYING"
+	/usr/bin/ninja -C /home/alatiera/projects/rust/hammond/_build uninstall
 
-clean:
-	cargo clean
+release:
+	/usr/bin/ninja -C /home/alatiera/projects/rust/hammond/_build release
+
+check:
+	/usr/bin/mesontest -C /home/alatiera/projects/rust/hammond/_build
diff --git a/assets/hammond.desktop b/assets/org.gnome.Hammond.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/hammond.desktop
rename to assets/org.gnome.Hammond.desktop
diff --git a/configure b/configure
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0a14e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# configure script adapter for Meson
+# Based on build-api: https://github.com/cgwalters/build-api
+# Copyright 2010, 2011, 2013 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+# Copyright 2016, 2017 Emmanuele Bassi
+# Copyright 2017 Iñigo Martínez <inigomartinez@gmail.com>
+# Licensed under the new-BSD license (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)
+
+# Build API variables:
+
+# Little helper function for reading args from the commandline.
+# it automatically handles -a b and -a=b variants, and returns 1 if
+# we need to shift $3.
+read_arg() {
+    # $1 = arg name
+    # $2 = arg value
+    # $3 = arg parameter
+    local rematch='^[^=]*=(.*)$'
+    if [[ $2 =~ $rematch ]]; then
+        read "$1" <<< "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    else
+        read "$1" <<< "$3"
+        # There is no way to shift our callers args, so
+        # return 1 to indicate they should do it instead.
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+sanitycheck() {
+    # $1 = arg name
+    # $1 = arg command
+    # $2 = arg alternates
+    local cmd=$( which $2 2>/dev/null )
+
+    if [ -x "$cmd" ]; then
+        read "$1" <<< "$cmd"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    test -z $3 || {
+        for alt in $3; do
+            cmd=$( which $alt 2>/dev/null )
+
+            if [ -x "$cmd" ]; then
+                read "$1" <<< "$cmd"
+                return 0
+            fi
+        done
+    }
+
+    echo -e "\e[1;31mERROR\e[0m: Command '$2' not found"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+checkoption() {
+    # $1 = arg
+    option="${1#*--}"
+    action="${option%%-*}"
+    name="${option#*-}"
+    if [ ${default_options[$name]+_} ]; then
+        case "$action" in
+            enable) meson_options[$name]=true;;
+            disable) meson_options[$name]=false;;
+            *) echo -e "\e[1;33mINFO\e[0m: Ignoring unknown action '$action'";;
+        esac
+    else
+        echo -e "\e[1;33mINFO\e[0m: Ignoring unknown option '$option'"
+    fi
+}
+
+echooption() {
+    # $1 = option
+    if [ ${meson_options[$1]+_} ]; then
+        echo ${meson_options[$1]}
+    elif [ ${default_options[$1]+_} ]; then
+        echo ${default_options[$1]}
+    fi
+}
+
+sanitycheck MESON 'meson'
+sanitycheck MESONTEST 'mesontest'
+sanitycheck NINJA 'ninja' 'ninja-build'
+
+declare -A meson_options
+
+while (($# > 0)); do
+    case "${1%%=*}" in
+        --prefix) read_arg prefix "$@" || shift;;
+        --bindir) read_arg bindir "$@" || shift;;
+        --sbindir) read_arg sbindir "$@" || shift;;
+        --libexecdir) read_arg libexecdir "$@" || shift;;
+        --datarootdir) read_arg datarootdir "$@" || shift;;
+        --datadir) read_arg datadir "$@" || shift;;
+        --sysconfdir) read_arg sysconfdir "$@" || shift;;
+        --libdir) read_arg libdir "$@" || shift;;
+        --mandir) read_arg mandir "$@" || shift;;
+        --includedir) read_arg includedir "$@" || shift;;
+        *) checkoption $1;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+# Defaults
+test -z ${prefix} && prefix="/usr/local"
+test -z ${bindir} && bindir=${prefix}/bin
+test -z ${sbindir} && sbindir=${prefix}/sbin
+test -z ${libexecdir} && libexecdir=${prefix}/bin
+test -z ${datarootdir} && datarootdir=${prefix}/share
+test -z ${datadir} && datadir=${datarootdir}
+test -z ${sysconfdir} && sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc
+test -z ${libdir} && libdir=${prefix}/lib
+test -z ${mandir} && mandir=${prefix}/share/man
+test -z ${includedir} && includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+# The source directory is the location of this file
+srcdir=$(dirname $0)
+
+# The build directory is the current location
+builddir=`pwd`
+
+# If we're calling this file from the source directory then
+# we automatically create a build directory and ensure that
+# both Meson and Ninja invocations are relative to that
+# location
+if [[ -f "${builddir}/meson.build" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p _build
+    builddir="${builddir}/_build"
+    NINJA_OPT="-C ${builddir}"
+fi
+
+# Wrapper Makefile for Ninja
+cat > Makefile <<END
+# Generated by configure; do not edit
+
+all:
+	${NINJA} ${NINJA_OPT}
+
+install:
+	DESTDIR="\$(DESTDIR)" ${NINJA} ${NINJA_OPT} install
+
+uninstall:
+	${NINJA} ${NINJA_OPT} uninstall
+
+release:
+	${NINJA} ${NINJA_OPT} release
+
+check:
+	${MESONTEST} ${NINJA_OPT}
+END
+
+echo "
+
+        hammond
+        =======
+
+        meson:         ${MESON}
+        ninja:         ${NINJA}
+        prefix:        ${prefix}
+
+        Now type 'make' to build
+"
+
+cmd_options=""
+for key in "${!meson_options[@]}"; do
+    cmd_options="$cmd_options -Denable-$key=${meson_options[$key]}"
+done
+
+exec ${MESON} \
+    --prefix=${prefix} \
+    --libdir=${libdir} \
+    --libexecdir=${libexecdir} \
+    --datadir=${datadir} \
+    --sysconfdir=${sysconfdir} \
+    --bindir=${bindir} \
+    --includedir=${includedir} \
+    --mandir=${mandir} \
+    ${cmd_options} \
+    ${builddir} \
+    ${srcdir}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e5acd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+project(
+  'hammond', 'rust',
+  version: '0.1.0',
+  license: 'GPLv3',
+)
+
+hammond_version = meson.project_version()
+version_array = hammond_version.split('.')
+hammond_major_version = version_array[0].to_int()
+hammond_minor_version = version_array[1].to_int()
+hammond_version_micro = version_array[2].to_int()
+
+hammond_prefix = get_option('prefix')
+hammond_datadir = join_paths(hammond_prefix, get_option('datadir'), 'hammond')
+hammond_bindir = join_paths(hammond_prefix, get_option('bindir'))
+
+install_data('assets/org.gnome.Hammond.desktop', install_dir : get_option('datadir') + '/applications')
+
+cargo = find_program('cargo', required: false)
+cargo_script = find_program('scripts/cargo.sh')
+cargo_release = custom_target('cargo-build',
+                        build_by_default: true,
+                        build_always: true,
+                        output: ['hammond'],
+                        install: true,
+                        install_dir: hammond_bindir,
+                        command: ['HAMMOND_RES=' + hammond_datadir, cargo_script, '@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@', '@OUTPUT@'])
+
+cargo = find_program('cargo-vendor', required: false)
+run_target('release', command: ['scripts/release.sh',
+                                meson.project_name() + '-' + hammond_version
+                               ])
diff --git a/scripts/cargo.sh b/scripts/cargo.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa3ac5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cargo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cargo build --release && cp $1/target/release/hammond-gtk $2
diff --git a/scripts/releash.sh b/scripts/releash.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..604709f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/releash.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+VERSION=$1
+DEST=${MESON_BUILD_ROOT}
+DIST=$DEST/dist/$VERSION
+
+
+cd "${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}"
+mkdir -p $DIST
+
+# copying files
+cp -rf src $DIST
+cp build.rs $DIST
+cp Cargo.toml $DIST
+cp configure $DIST
+cp meson.build $DIST
+cp LICENSE.txt $DIST
+cp README.md $DIST
+cp -rf res $DIST
+cp -rf scripts $DIST
+
+# cargo vendor
+cargo vendor
+mkdir $DIST/.cargo
+cat <<EOF > $DIST/.cargo/config
+[source.crates-io]
+replace-with = "vendored-sources"
+
+[source.vendored-sources]
+directory = "vendor"
+EOF
+cp -rf vendor $DIST/
+
+# packaging
+cd $DEST/dist
+tar -czvf $VERSION.tar.gz $VERSION