diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index 10cb501..b04f2d1 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ BuildRequires:	gjs-devel >= 1.43.3
 BuildRequires:	gobject-introspection-devel
 BuildRequires:	gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:	libappstream-glib
+BuildRequires:	meson
 Requires:	gjs >= 1.43.3
 
 # This package contains libunistring modules from Gnulib.  If a recent
@@ -37,13 +38,12 @@ characters.
 
 
 %build
-%configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%meson
+%meson_build
 
 
 %install
-%make_install
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+%meson_install
 %find_lang %{appname}
 
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/%{appname}.deskto
 %changelog
 * Mon Mar 05 2018 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 3.27.92-1
 - Update to 3.27.92
+- Switch to the meson build system
 
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.26.2-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild