diff --git a/build/README.md b/build/README.md
index c4abe9ef..ca88e5cf 100644
--- a/build/README.md
+++ b/build/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Projects for various integrated development environments (IDE)
 
 The following projects are included with the zstd distribution:
 - `cmake` - CMake project contributed by Artyom Dymchenko
+- `meson` - Meson project contributed by Dima Krasner
 - `VS2005` - Visual Studio 2005 project
 - `VS2008` - Visual Studio 2008 project
 - `VS2010` - Visual Studio 2010 project (which also works well with Visual Studio 2012, 2013, 2015)
diff --git a/build/meson/meson.build b/build/meson/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b17128bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/meson/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+project('zstd', 'c', license: 'BSD')
+
+libm = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('m', required: true)
+
+lib_dir = join_paths(meson.source_root(), '..', '..', 'lib')
+common_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'common')
+compress_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'compress')
+decompress_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'decompress')
+dictbuilder_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'dictBuilder')
+deprecated_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'deprecated')
+
+lib_srcs = [join_paths(common_dir, 'entropy_common.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'fse_decompress.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'threading.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'pool.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'zstd_common.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'error_private.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'xxhash.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'fse_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'huf_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'zstd_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'zstdmt_compress.c'), join_paths(decompress_dir, 'huf_decompress.c'), join_paths(decompress_dir, 'zstd_decompress.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'cover.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'divsufsort.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'zdict.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_common.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_compress.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_decompress.c')]
+
+libzstd_includes = [include_directories(common_dir, dictbuilder_dir, compress_dir, lib_dir)]
+
+if get_option('legacy_support')
+    message('Enabling legacy support')
+    libzstd_cflags = ['-DZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=1']
+
+    legacy_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'legacy')
+    libzstd_includes += [include_directories(legacy_dir)]
+    lib_srcs += [join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v01.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v02.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v03.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v04.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v05.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v06.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v07.c')]
+else
+    libzstd_cflags = []
+endif
+
+libzstd = library('zstd',
+                  lib_srcs,
+                  include_directories: libzstd_includes,
+                  c_args: libzstd_cflags,
+                  install: true)
+
+programs_dir = join_paths(meson.source_root(), '..', '..', 'programs')
+
+zstd = executable('zstd',
+                  join_paths(programs_dir, 'bench.c'), join_paths(programs_dir, 'datagen.c'), join_paths(programs_dir, 'dibio.c'), join_paths(programs_dir, 'fileio.c'), join_paths(programs_dir, 'zstdcli.c'),
+                  include_directories: libzstd_includes,
+                  c_args: ['-DZSTD_NODICT', '-DZSTD_NOBENCH'],
+                  link_with: libzstd,
+                  install: true)
+
+tests_dir = join_paths(meson.source_root(), '..', '..', 'tests')
+datagen_c = join_paths(programs_dir, 'datagen.c')
+test_includes = libzstd_includes + [include_directories(programs_dir)]
+
+fullbench = executable('fullbench',
+                       datagen_c, join_paths(tests_dir, 'fullbench.c'),
+                       include_directories: test_includes,
+                       link_with: libzstd)
+test('fullbench', fullbench)
+
+fuzzer = executable('fuzzer',
+                    datagen_c, join_paths(tests_dir, 'fuzzer.c'),
+                    include_directories: test_includes,
+                    link_with: libzstd)
+test('fuzzer', fuzzer)
+
+if target_machine.system() != 'windows'
+    paramgrill = executable('paramgrill',
+                            datagen_c, join_paths(tests_dir, 'paramgrill.c'),
+                            include_directories: test_includes,
+                            link_with: libzstd,
+                            dependencies: libm)
+    test('paramgrill', paramgrill)
+
+    datagen = executable('datagen',
+                         datagen_c, join_paths(tests_dir, 'datagencli.c'),
+                         include_directories: test_includes,
+                         link_with: libzstd)
+endif
diff --git a/build/meson/meson_options.txt b/build/meson/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b3d62a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/meson/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+option('legacy_support', type: 'boolean', value: false)