diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a4111f9e31d..9c6bdf91b1f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ project('systemd', 'c',
                 'sysconfdir=/etc',
                 'localstatedir=/var',
         ],
-        meson_version : '>= 0.43',
+        meson_version : '>= 0.44',
        )
 
 libsystemd_version = '0.22.0'
@@ -680,18 +680,18 @@ getent_result = run_command('getent', 'passwd', '65534')
 if getent_result.returncode() == 0
         name = getent_result.stdout().split(':')[0]
         if name != nobody_user
-                message('WARNING:\n' +
-                        '        The local user with the UID 65534 does not match the configured user name "@0@" of the nobody user (its name is @1@).\n'.format(nobody_user, name) +
-                        '        Your build will result in an user table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
+                warning('\n' +
+                        'The local user with the UID 65534 does not match the configured user name "@0@" of the nobody user (its name is @1@).\n'.format(nobody_user, name) +
+                        'Your build will result in an user table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
         endif
 endif
 id_result = run_command('id', '-u', nobody_user)
 if id_result.returncode() == 0
         id = id_result.stdout().to_int()
         if id != 65534
-                message('WARNING:\n' +
-                        '        The local user with the configured user name "@0@" of the nobody user does not have UID 65534 (it has @1@).\n'.format(nobody_user, id) +
-                        '        Your build will result in an user table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
+                warning('\n' +
+                        'The local user with the configured user name "@0@" of the nobody user does not have UID 65534 (it has @1@).\n'.format(nobody_user, id) +
+                        'Your build will result in an user table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
         endif
 endif
 
@@ -699,24 +699,24 @@ getent_result = run_command('getent', 'group', '65534')
 if getent_result.returncode() == 0
         name = getent_result.stdout().split(':')[0]
         if name != nobody_group
-                message('WARNING:\n' +
-                        '        The local group with the GID 65534 does not match the configured group name "@0@" of the nobody group (its name is @1@).\n'.format(nobody_group, name) +
-                        '        Your build will result in an group table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
+                warning('\n' +
+                        'The local group with the GID 65534 does not match the configured group name "@0@" of the nobody group (its name is @1@).\n'.format(nobody_group, name) +
+                        'Your build will result in an group table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
         endif
 endif
 id_result = run_command('id', '-g', nobody_group)
 if id_result.returncode() == 0
         id = id_result.stdout().to_int()
         if id != 65534
-                message('WARNING:\n' +
-                        '        The local group with the configured group name "@0@" of the nobody group does not have UID 65534 (it has @1@).\n'.format(nobody_group, id) +
-                        '        Your build will result in an group table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
+                warning('\n' +
+                        'The local group with the configured group name "@0@" of the nobody group does not have UID 65534 (it has @1@).\n'.format(nobody_group, id) +
+                        'Your build will result in an group table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
         endif
 endif
 if nobody_user != nobody_group and not (nobody_user == 'nobody' and nobody_group == 'nogroup')
-        message('WARNING:\n' +
-                '        The configured user name "@0@" and group name "@0@" of the nobody user/group are not equivalent.\n'.format(nobody_user, nobody_group) +
-                '        Please re-check that both "nobody-user" and "nobody-group" options are correctly set.')
+        warning('\n' +
+                'The configured user name "@0@" and group name "@0@" of the nobody user/group are not equivalent.\n'.format(nobody_user, nobody_group) +
+                'Please re-check that both "nobody-user" and "nobody-group" options are correctly set.')
 endif
 
 conf.set_quoted('NOBODY_USER_NAME', nobody_user)
@@ -2953,8 +2953,8 @@ status += [
 message('\n         '.join(status))
 
 if rootprefixdir != rootprefix_default
-        message('WARNING:\n' +
-                '        Note that the installation prefix was changed to "@0@".\n'.format(rootprefixdir) +
-                '        systemd used fixed names for unit file directories and other paths, so anything\n' +
-                '        except the default ("@0@") is strongly discouraged.'.format(rootprefix_default))
+        warning('\n' +
+                'Note that the installation prefix was changed to "@0@".\n'.format(rootprefixdir) +
+                'systemd used fixed names for unit file directories and other paths, so anything\n' +
+                'except the default ("@0@") is strongly discouraged.'.format(rootprefix_default))
 endif