diff --git a/desktop-file-utils.spec b/desktop-file-utils.spec
index 9559101..6b50aaf 100644
--- a/desktop-file-utils.spec
+++ b/desktop-file-utils.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ License: GPLv2+
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel
 BuildRequires: emacs
+BuildRequires: meson
 Requires: emacs-filesystem
 Provides: emacs-desktop-file-utils = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: emacs-desktop-file-utils-el = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -29,11 +30,11 @@ fixing it up in the process.
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
-%configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%meson
+%meson_build
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="install -p"
+%meson_install
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_emacs_sitelispdir}/desktop-file-utils
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_emacs_sitelispdir}/*.el* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_emacs_sitelispdir}/desktop-file-utils
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
 %changelog
 * Wed Jun 24 2020 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 0.26-1
 - Update to 0.26
+- Switch to the meson build system
 - Avoid hardcoding man page extensions
 
 * Tue Jan 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.24-2