diff --git a/gstreamer1-plugins-base.spec b/gstreamer1-plugins-base.spec
index dec3a32..fe9b300 100644
--- a/gstreamer1-plugins-base.spec
+++ b/gstreamer1-plugins-base.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Source0:        http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugin
 %endif
 Patch0:         0001-missing-plugins-Remove-the-mpegaudioversion-field.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  meson >= 0.48.0
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gstreamer1-devel >= %{version}
 BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel >= 1.31.1
@@ -37,8 +39,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pango-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  opus-devel
 # for autogen.sh
-BuildRequires:  automake gettext-devel libtool
-BuildRequires:  chrpath
 BuildRequires:  mesa-libGL-devel
 BuildRequires:  mesa-libGLES-devel
 BuildRequires:  mesa-libGLU-devel
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(wayland-cursor) >= 1.0
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(wayland-egl) >= 9.0
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(wayland-protocols) >= 1.15
 
-# documentation
-BuildRequires:  gtk-doc >= 1.3
-
 Requires:       iso-codes
 
 #  libgstgl moved here
@@ -99,6 +96,7 @@ The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files
 for developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 
+%if 0
 %package devel-docs
 Summary:        Developer documentation for GStreamer Base plugins library
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -107,6 +105,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 %description devel-docs
 This %{name}-devel-docs package contains developer documentation
 for the GStreamer Base Plugins library.
+%endif
 
 
 %prep
@@ -114,24 +113,16 @@ for the GStreamer Base Plugins library.
 %patch0 -p1
 
 %build
-# die rpath (method of modifying libtool fails here)
-NOCONFIGURE=1 \
-./autogen.sh
-
-%configure \
-  --with-package-name='Fedora GStreamer-plugins-base package' \
-  --with-package-origin='http://download.fedoraproject.org' \
-  --enable-experimental \
-  --disable-fatal-warnings \
-  --disable-silent-rules \
-  --enable-gtk-doc \
-  --enable-orc
-
-%make_build V=1
-
+%meson \
+  -D package-name='Fedora GStreamer-plugins-base package' \
+  -D package-origin='http://download.fedoraproject.org' \
+  -D doc=false \
+  -D gtk_doc=disabled \
+  -D orc=enabled
+%meson_build
 
 %install
-%make_install
+%meson_install
 
 # Register as an AppStream component to be visible in the software center
 #
@@ -468,15 +459,17 @@ chrpath --delete $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/gst-play-1.0
 # pkg-config files
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
-
+%if 0
 %files devel-docs
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-%{majorminor}
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-%{majorminor}
-
+%endif
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Jun 22 2020 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> - 1.17.1-1
 - Update to 1.17.1
+- Use meson
+- disable docs
 
 * Thu Apr 16 2020 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> - 1.16.2-3
 - Add BR graphene-devel to build gltransform