diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4a2ba5b..f192fdc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ Build-Depends: bash-completion,
                libapparmor-dev,
                libcap-dev,
                libgnutls28-dev,
-               linux-libc-dev,
                libseccomp-dev (>= 2.4~),
+               linux-libc-dev,
+               meson (>= 0.61),
                pkg-config,
                quilt,
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
diff --git a/debian/docs b/debian/docs
index 310840d..4855afe 100644
--- a/debian/docs
+++ b/debian/docs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-README
+README.md
 debian/SOURCE
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5c58a37..8eab6ad 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,31 +8,34 @@ DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
 include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with autoreconf,quilt
+	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_clean:
+	rm -fr build
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- \
-	--with-distro=debian \
-	--with-init-script=systemd \
-	--enable-apparmor \
-	--enable-doc \
-	--enable-api-docs \
-	--disable-rpath \
-	--disable-selinux \
-	--enable-bash \
-	--disable-cgmanager \
-	--disable-python \
-	--disable-lua \
-	--disable-examples \
-	--enable-seccomp \
-	--disable-static \
-	--with-cgroup-pattern='lxc/%n' \
+	mkdir -p build
+	cd build && meson .. --prefix=/usr \
+		-Dinit-script=systemd \
+		-Dapparmor=true \
+		-Dseccomp=true \
+		-Dselinux=false \
+		-Dman=true \
+		-Dexamples=false \
+		-Dcgroup-pattern='lxc/%n'
+
+# override_dh_auto_build:
+# 	cd build && ninja -v
+# 
+# override_dh_auto_test:
+# 	cd build && ninja test
 
 override_dh_fixperms:
 	dh_fixperms -Xusr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/lxc/lxc-user-nic
 
 override_dh_install:
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/*.la
+	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/liblxc_static.a
 	dh_apparmor -p lxc-pve --profile-name=usr.bin.lxc-start
 	dh_apparmor -p lxc-pve --profile-name=lxc-containers
 	dh_install