diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index cd56bbca..a6fd1be1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ OpenRC NEWS
 This file will contain a list of notable changes for each release. Note
 the information in this file is in reverse order.
 
+## OpenRC 0.44
+
+This version is the first to use a meson-based build system.
+I will keep the makefiles for the 0.44 branch, but meson will be the
+only build system supported in the future.
+
 ## OpenRC 0.43
 
 This version changes the behavior of the checkpath helper to address
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0754421..7393424b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ OpenRC README
 OpenRC is a dependency-based init system that works with the
 system-provided init program, normally `/sbin/init`.
 
-## Installation
+## building and installing
+
+OpenRC uses the  [meson](http://mesonbuild.com) build system, so use the
+usual methods for this build system to build and install.
+
+The old build system is still available for the 0.44.x branch, but it
+will be removed for the next release. The previous documentation is
+below.
+
+## Installation (historical)
 
 OpenRC requires GNU make.
 
@@ -13,7 +22,7 @@ executed using this command:
 
 `make install`
 
-## Configuration
+## Configuration (historical)
 
 You may wish to configure the installation by passing one or more of the
 below arguments to the make command
diff --git a/conf.d/meson.build b/conf.d/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddb056a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf.d/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+conf_d_dir = get_option('sysconfdir') / 'conf.d'
+
+conf_common = [
+  'bootmisc',
+  'fsck',
+  'hostname',
+  'localmount',
+  'netmount',
+  'swap',
+  'urandom',
+  ]
+
+conf_net = [
+  'network',
+  'staticroute',
+  ]
+
+conf_FreeBSD = [
+  'ipfw',
+  'modules',
+  'moused',
+  'powerd',
+  'rarpd',
+  'savecore',
+  'syscons',
+  ]
+
+conf_Linux = [
+  'agetty',
+  'consolefont',
+  'devfs',
+  'dmesg',
+  'hwclock',
+  'keymaps',
+  'killprocs',
+  'modules',
+  'mtab',
+  'net-online',
+  ]
+
+conf_NetBSD =  [
+  'moused',
+  'rarpd',
+  'savecore',
+  ]
+
+conf_data = conf_common
+if get_option('newnet')
+  conf_data = conf_data + conf_net
+endif
+if os == 'FreeBSD'
+  conf_data = conf_data + conf_FreeBSD
+elif os == 'Linux'
+  conf_data = conf_data + conf_Linux
+elif os == 'NetBSD'
+  conf_data = conf_data + conf_NetBSD
+endif
+
+install_data(conf_data, install_dir : conf_d_dir)
diff --git a/etc/meson.build b/etc/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb736ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+etc_conf_data = configuration_data()
+if os == 'FreeBSD'
+  etc_conf_data.set('TERM', 'cons25')
+elif os == 'Linux'
+  etc_conf_data.set('TERM', 'wsvt25')
+endif
+
+etc_conf_common = [
+  'rc.conf',
+  ]
+
+etc_bin_FreeBSD = [
+  'rc.devd',
+  ]
+
+etc_conf_FreeBSD = [
+  'devd.conf',
+  ]
+
+etc_bin_NetBSD =  [
+  'rc.in',
+  'rc.shutdown.in',
+  ]
+
+install_data(etc_conf_common,
+  install_dir : get_option('sysconfdir'))
+
+  if os == 'FreeBSD'
+  install_data(etc_bin_FreeBSD,
+    install_dir : get_option('sysconfdir'),
+    install_mode: 'rwxr-xr-x')
+  install_data(etc_conf_FreeBSD,
+    install_dir : get_option('sysconfdir'))
+endif
+
+if os == 'FreeBSD' or os == 'NetBSD'
+  foreach file : etc_bin_NetBSD
+    configure_file(input : file,
+      output : '@BASENAME@',
+      configuration : etc_conf_data,
+      install_dir: get_option('sysconfdir'),
+      install_mode: 'rwxr-xr-x')
+  endforeach
+endif
diff --git a/init.d/meson.build b/init.d/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9976710c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.d/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+init_d_dir = get_option('sysconfdir') / 'init.d'
+
+init_common =  [
+  'bootmisc.in',
+  'fsck.in',
+  'hostname.in',
+  'local.in',
+  'localmount.in',
+  'loopback.in',
+  'netmount.in',
+  'osclock.in',
+  'root.in',
+  'savecache.in',
+  'swap.in',
+  'swclock.in',
+  'sysctl.in',
+  'runsvdir.in',
+  'urandom.in',
+  's6-svscan.in',
+  ]
+
+if get_option('newnet')
+  init_common = init_common + [
+    'network.in',
+    'staticroute.in',
+    ]
+endif
+
+init_Linux =  [
+  'agetty.in',
+  'binfmt.in',
+  'cgroups.in',
+  'consolefont.in',
+  'devfs.in',
+  'dmesg.in',
+  'hwclock.in',
+  'keymaps.in',
+  'killprocs.in',
+  'modules.in',
+  'mount-ro.in',
+  'mtab.in',
+  'numlock.in',
+  'procfs.in',
+  'net-online.in',
+  'save-keymaps.in',
+  'save-termencoding.in',
+  'sysfs.in',
+  'termencoding.in',
+  ]
+
+init_BSD =  [
+  'hostid.in',
+  'moused.in',
+  'newsyslog.in',
+  'pf.in',
+  'rarpd.in',
+  'rc-enabled.in',
+  'rpcbind.in',
+  'savecore.in',
+  'syslogd.in',
+  ]
+
+init_FreeBSD =  [
+  'adjkerntz.in',
+  'devd .in',
+  'dumpon.in',
+  'encswap.in',
+  'ipfw.in',
+  'modules.in',
+  'mixer.in',
+  'nscd.in',
+  'powerd.in',
+  'syscons.in',
+  ]
+
+init_NetBSD =  [
+  'devdb.in',
+  'swap-blk.in',
+  'ttys.in',
+  'wscons.in',
+  ]
+
+init_data = init_common
+if os == 'Dragonfly'
+  init_data = init_data + init_BSD
+elif os == 'FreeBSD' or os == 'Gnu-kFreeBSD'
+  init_data = init_data + init_BSD + init_FreeBSD
+elif os == 'Linux'
+  init_data = init_data + init_Linux
+elif os == 'NetBSD'
+  init_data = init_data + init_BSD + init_NetBSD
+  endif
+
+foreach init_d_file : init_data
+  configure_file(input : init_d_file,
+    output : '@BASENAME@',
+    configuration : init_d_conf_data,
+    install_dir: init_d_dir,
+    install_mode: 'rwxr-xr-x')
+endforeach
diff --git a/local.d/meson.build b/local.d/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fecb341a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.d/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+local_d_dir = get_option('sysconfdir') / 'local.d'
+
+local_data =  [
+  'README'
+  ]
+
+install_data(local_data, install_dir : local_d_dir)
diff --git a/man/meson.build b/man/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37617ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+man3 = [
+  'einfo.3',
+  'rc_config.3',
+  'rc_deptree.3',
+  'rc_find_pids.3',
+  'rc_plugin_hook.3',
+  'rc_runlevel.3',
+  'rc_service.3',
+  'rc_stringlist.3',
+  ]
+
+man8 = [
+  'openrc.8',
+  'openrc-run.8',
+  'rc-service.8',
+  'rc-status.8',
+  'rc-update.8',
+  'start-stop-daemon.8',
+  'supervise-daemon.8',
+  ]
+
+if os == 'Linux'
+  man8 = man8 + [
+    'rc-sstat.8',
+    'openrc-init.8',
+    'openrc-shutdown.8',
+    ]
+endif
+
+install_data(man3,
+  install_dir : get_option('mandir') / 'man3')
+install_data(man8,
+  install_dir : get_option('mandir') / 'man8')
+meson.add_install_script('meson_man_links.sh', get_option('mandir'), man3 + man8)
diff --git a/man/meson_man_links.sh b/man/meson_man_links.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..17c21a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/meson_man_links.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+get_links() {
+	sed -e 's/ ,//g' \
+		-e '/^\.Sh NAME$/,/\.Sh/ s/\.Nm //p' \
+		-n ${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}/man/${1}
+}
+
+MANDIR="$1"
+shift
+for man in $@; do
+	prefix=${man%%.*}
+	suffix=${man#*.}
+	links=$(get_links ${man})
+	for link in ${links}; do
+		if [ "${link}" != "${prefix}" ]; then
+			ln -sf ${man} ${MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX}/${MANDIR}/man${suffix}/${link}.${suffix}
+		fi
+	done
+done
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..378e18d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+project('OpenRC', 'c',
+  version : '0.42',
+  license: 'BSD-2',
+  default_options : [
+    'c_std=c99',
+	'prefix=/usr',
+    'warning_level=3',
+    ],
+  meson_version : '>=0.49.0')
+
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+
+audit_dep = dependency('audit', required : get_option('audit'))
+if audit_dep.found()
+  cc_audit_flags = '-DHAVE_AUDIT'
+  else
+  cc_audit_flags = []
+  endif
+
+if get_option('branding') != ''
+  cc_branding_flags = '-DBRANDING=' + get_option('branding')
+else
+  cc_branding_flags = []
+endif
+
+libname = get_option('libdir').split('/')[-1]
+
+option_local_prefix = get_option('local_prefix')
+if option_local_prefix == ''
+  local_prefix = get_option('prefix') / 'usr' / 'local'
+else
+  local_prefix = option_local_prefix
+endif
+
+option_os = get_option('os')
+if option_os == ''
+  uname = find_program('uname')
+  r = run_command(uname, '-s')
+  os = r.stdout().strip()
+  os = '-'.join(os.split('/'))
+else
+  os = option_os
+endif
+
+pam = get_option('pam')
+if pam
+  libpam = cc.find_library('pam')
+  libpam_misc = cc.find_library('pam_misc')
+  cc_pam_flags = '-DHAVE_PAM'
+else
+  libpam = []
+  libpam_misc = []
+  cc_pam_flags = []
+endif
+
+option_pkg_prefix = get_option('pkg_prefix')
+if option_pkg_prefix == ''
+  if os == 'Dragonfly' or os == 'FreeBSD'
+    pkg_prefix = '/usr/local'
+  elif os == 'GNU' or os == 'GNU-kFreeBSD' or os == 'Linux'
+    pkg_prefix = '/usr'
+  elif os == 'NetBSD'
+    pkg_prefix = '/usr/pkg'
+  endif
+else
+  pkg_prefix = option_pkg_prefix
+endif
+
+root_prefix = get_option('root_prefix')
+if root_prefix == ''
+  root_prefix = '/'
+endif
+bindir = root_prefix / get_option('bindir')
+libdir = root_prefix / get_option('libdir')
+libexecdir = root_prefix / get_option('libexecdir')
+rc_libexecdir = libexecdir / 'rc'
+sbindir = root_prefix / get_option('sbindir')
+
+selinux_dep = dependency('libselinux', required : get_option('selinux'))
+if selinux_dep.found()
+  cc_selinux_flags = '-DHAVE_SELINUX'
+  else
+  cc_selinux_flags = []
+endif
+
+termcap = get_option('termcap')
+if termcap != ''
+  termcap_dep = dependency(termcap)
+  termcap_flags = '-DHAVE_TERMCAP'
+  else
+  termcap_dep = []
+  termcap_flags = []
+endif
+
+if get_option('buildtype').startswith('debug')
+  cc_debug_flags = ['-DRC_DEBUG']
+else
+  cc_debug_flags = []
+endif
+
+if os == 'Linux' or os == 'GNU-kFreeBSD'
+  cc_os_flags = ['-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE']
+elif os == 'FreeBSD'
+  cc_os_flags = ['-D_BSD_SOURCE']
+elif os == 'GNU'
+  cc_os_flags = ['-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE', '-DMAXPATHLEN=4096', '-DPATH_MAX=4096']
+  endif
+
+# Try and use some good cc flags if we're building from git. We don't use
+# -pedantic as it will warn about our perfectly valid use of %m in our logger.
+# We should be using -Wredundant-decls, but our library hidden proto stuff gives
+# loads of warnings. I don't fully understand it (the hidden proto, not the
+# warning) so we just silence the warning.
+cc_warning_flags_test = [
+  '-Wcast-align',
+  '-Wcast-qual',
+  '-Wdeclaration-after-statement',
+  '-Wformat=2',
+  '-Winline',
+  '-Wmissing-declarations',
+  '-Wmissing-format-attribute',
+  '-Wmissing-noreturn',
+  '-Wmissing-prototypes',
+  '-Wnested-externs',
+  '-Wpointer-arith',
+  '-Wsequence-point',
+  '-Wshadow',
+  '-Wwrite-strings',
+  '-Werror=implicit-function-declaration',
+  ]
+cc_warning_flags = cc.get_supported_arguments(cc_warning_flags_test)
+cc_flags = [cc_debug_flags, cc_os_flags, cc_warning_flags]
+add_project_arguments(cc_flags, language : 'c')
+
+incdir = include_directories('src/includes')
+einfo_incdir = include_directories('src/libeinfo')
+rc_incdir = include_directories('src/librc')
+
+init_d_conf_data = configuration_data()
+init_d_conf_data.set('SBINDIR', sbindir)
+init_d_conf_data.set('PKG_PREFIX', pkg_prefix)
+init_d_conf_data.set('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))
+
+dl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
+util_dep = cc.find_library('util', required: false)
+
+subdir('conf.d')
+subdir('etc')
+subdir('init.d')
+subdir('local.d')
+subdir('man')
+if get_option('pkgconfig')
+subdir('pkgconfig')
+  endif
+subdir('scripts')
+subdir('sh')
+subdir('src')
+subdir('support')
+subdir('sysctl.d')
+
+meson.add_install_script('tools/meson_runlevels.sh',
+  os,
+  get_option('newnet') ? 'yes' : 'no',
+  rc_libexecdir,
+  get_option('sysconfdir'))
+meson.add_install_script('tools/meson_final.sh',
+  rc_libexecdir,
+  os)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fbafac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+option('audit', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
+  description : 'enable libaudit support')
+option('branding', type : 'string',
+  description : 'Add branding to OpenRC')
+option('local_prefix', type : 'string', value : '/usr/local',
+  description : 'default location of user maintained packages')
+option('newnet', type : 'boolean',
+  description : 'build and install our networking scripts')
+option('os', type : 'combo',
+  choices :
+    [ '', 'DragonFly', 'FreeBSD', 'GNU', 'GNU-kFreeBSD', 'Linux', 'NetBSD' ],
+  description : 'Operating System (autodetected if not specified)')
+option('pam', type : 'boolean',
+  description : 'enable PAM support')
+option('pkg_prefix', type : 'string',
+  description : 'default location where packages are installed')
+option('pkgconfig', type : 'boolean',
+  description : 'build PKGConfig files')
+option('root_prefix', type : 'string',
+  description : 'default path of root directory')
+option('selinux', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
+  description : 'enable SELinux support')
+option('shell', type : 'string', value : '/bin/sh',
+  description : 'Default posix compatible shell')
+option('sysvinit', type : 'boolean', value : false,
+  description : 'enable SysVinit compatibility (linux only)')
+option('termcap', type : 'combo',
+  choices :
+    [ '', 'ncurses', 'termcap' ],
+  description : 'the termcap library to use')
diff --git a/pkgconfig/meson.build b/pkgconfig/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3d44fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+pkgconfig_dir =	get_option('libdir') / 'pkgconfig'
+
+pkgconfig_conf_data = configuration_data()
+if root_prefix != '/'
+  pkgconfig_conf_data.set('PREFIX', root_prefix)
+else
+  pkgconfig_conf_data.set('PREFIX', '')
+endif
+pkgconfig_conf_data.set('LIB', get_option('libdir'))
+pkgconfig_conf_data.set('VERSION', meson.project_version())
+
+pkgconfig_files = [
+  'einfo.pc.in',
+  'openrc.pc.in',
+  ]
+
+foreach file : pkgconfig_files
+  configure_file(input : file,
+    output : '@BASENAME@',
+    configuration : pkgconfig_conf_data,
+    install_dir : pkgconfig_dir)
+endforeach
diff --git a/scripts/meson.build b/scripts/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0885a013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+script_conf_data = configuration_data()
+script_conf_data.set('SBINDIR', sbindir)
+
+script_dir = rc_libexecdir / 'bin'
+
+scripts_internal = [
+  'on_ac_power',
+  ]
+  
+scripts_Linux = [
+  'rc-sstat.in',
+  ]
+
+scripts_sysvinit = [
+  'halt',
+  'poweroff',
+  'shutdown',
+  'reboot',
+  ]
+
+install_data(scripts_internal,
+  install_dir : script_dir,
+  install_mode: 'rwxr-xr-x')
+
+if os == 'Linux'
+  foreach file : scripts_Linux
+    configure_file(input : file,
+      output : '@BASENAME@',
+      configuration : script_conf_data,
+      install_dir: script_dir,
+      install_mode: 'rwxr-xr-x')
+  endforeach
+  if get_option('sysvinit')
+    foreach file : scripts_sysvinit
+      configure_file(input : file,
+        output : '@BASENAME@',
+        configuration : script_conf_data,
+	    install_dir: script_dir,
+        install_mode: 'rwxr-xr-x')
+    endforeach
+  endif
+endif
+
+meson.add_install_script('meson_script_links.sh', rc_libexecdir,
+	sbindir)
diff --git a/scripts/meson_script_links.sh b/scripts/meson_script_links.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dcb8f1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/meson_script_links.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+rc_libexecdir="$1"
+sbindir="$2"
+binaries=" halt poweroff rc-sstat reboot shutdown"
+for f in $binaries; do
+	if [ -x "${DESTDIR}${rc_libexecdir}/bin/${f}"  ]; then
+		ln -snf "${DESTDIR}${rc_libexecdir}/bin/${f}" \
+			"${DESTDIR}${sbindir}/${f}"
+	fi
+done
diff --git a/sh/meson.build b/sh/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33b128b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sh/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+sh_conf_data = configuration_data()
+if root_prefix == '/'
+  sh_conf_data.set('PREFIX', '')
+  else
+  sh_conf_data.set('PREFIX', root_prefix)
+endif
+sh_conf_data.set('BINDIR', bindir)
+sh_conf_data.set('LIBEXECDIR', rc_libexecdir)
+sh_conf_data.set('LOCAL_PREFIX', local_prefix)
+sh_conf_data.set('PKG_PREFIX', pkg_prefix)
+sh_conf_data.set('SBINDIR', sbindir)
+sh_conf_data.set('SHELL', get_option('shell'))
+sh_conf_data.set('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))
+
+sh_dir = rc_libexecdir / 'sh'
+
+sh = [
+  'rc-functions.sh',
+  'rc-mount.sh',
+  'runit.sh',
+  's6.sh',
+  'start-stop-daemon.sh',
+  'supervise-daemon.sh',
+  ]
+
+sh_config = [
+  'functions.sh.in',
+  ]
+
+scripts_config = [
+  'gendepends.sh.in',
+  'openrc-run.sh.in',
+  ]
+
+if os == 'Linux'
+  sh += [
+    'rc-cgroup.sh',
+    ]
+  scripts_config += [
+    'binfmt.sh.in',
+    'cgroup-release-agent.sh.in',
+   ]
+  scripts_config_os = [
+    ['init-early.sh.Linux.in', 'init-early.sh'],
+    ['init.sh.Linux.in', 'init.sh'],
+    ]
+elif os == 'GNU'
+  scripts_config_os = [
+    ['init.sh.GNU.in', 'init.sh'],
+    ]
+elif os == 'Gnu-KFreeBSD'
+  scripts_config_os = [
+    ['init.sh.GNU-kFreeBSD.in', 'init.sh'],
+    ]
+else
+  scripts_config_os = [
+    ['init.sh.BSD.in', 'init.sh'],
+    ]
+endif
+
+install_data(sh,
+  install_dir : sh_dir)
+foreach file : sh_config
+  configure_file(input : file,
+    output : '@BASENAME@',
+    configuration : sh_conf_data,
+    install_dir : sh_dir)
+endforeach
+
+foreach file : scripts_config
+  configure_file(input : file,
+    output : '@BASENAME@',
+    configuration : sh_conf_data,
+    install_dir : sh_dir,
+    install_mode : 'rwxr-xr-x')
+endforeach
+
+foreach file : scripts_config_os
+  configure_file(input : file.get(0),
+    output : file.get(1),
+    configuration : sh_conf_data,
+    install_dir : sh_dir,
+    install_mode : 'rwxr-xr-x')
+endforeach
diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e421658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version_h = vcs_tag(
+  input : 'version.h.in',
+  output : 'version.h')
+version_f = vcs_tag(
+  input : 'version.in',
+  output : 'version')
diff --git a/src/common/version.h.in b/src/common/version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59d648d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2015 The OpenRC Authors.
+ * See the Authors file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
+ * https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/AUTHORS
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenRC. It is subject to the license terms in
+ * the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory of this
+ * distribution and at https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/LICENSE
+ * This file may not be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed
+ *    except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _VERSION_H_
+#define _VERSION_H_
+
+#define VERSION "@VCS_TAG@"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/version.in b/src/common/version.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42179405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/version.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@VCS_TAG@
diff --git a/src/libeinfo/meson.build b/src/libeinfo/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16e82978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libeinfo/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+libeinfo_version = '1'
+
+libeinfo = library('einfo', ['libeinfo.c'],
+  c_args : termcap_flags,
+  include_directories : incdir,
+  dependencies : termcap_dep,
+  link_depends : 'einfo.map',
+  version : libeinfo_version,
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : libdir)
+
+install_headers('einfo.h')
diff --git a/src/librc/meson.build b/src/librc/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e560483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librc/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+rc_h_conf_data = configuration_data()
+if root_prefix == '/'
+  rc_h_conf_data.set('PREFIX', '')
+  else
+  rc_h_conf_data.set('PREFIX', root_prefix)
+	endif
+rc_h_conf_data.set('LIB', libname)
+rc_h_conf_data.set('LIBEXECDIR', rc_libexecdir)
+rc_h_conf_data.set('LOCAL_PREFIX', local_prefix)
+rc_h_conf_data.set('PKG_PREFIX', pkg_prefix)
+rc_h_conf_data.set('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))
+
+librc_version = '1'
+
+librc_sources = [
+  'librc.c',
+  'librc-daemon.c',
+  'librc-depend.c',
+  'librc-misc.c',
+  'librc-stringlist.c',
+  ]
+
+rc_h = configure_file(input : 'rc.h.in', output : 'rc.h',
+  configuration : rc_h_conf_data)
+
+librc = library('rc', librc_sources,
+  include_directories : [incdir, einfo_incdir],
+  link_depends : 'rc.map',
+  version : librc_version,
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : libdir)
+
+install_headers(rc_h)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7390f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+subdir('common')
+subdir('libeinfo')
+subdir('librc')
+subdir('rc')
diff --git a/src/rc/meson.build b/src/rc/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97fb84e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rc/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+rc_misc_c = files([
+  'rc-misc.c',
+  ])
+
+rc_plugin_c = ([
+  'rc-plugin.c',
+  ])
+
+rc_schedules_c = files([
+  'rc-schedules.c',
+  ])
+
+usage_c = files([
+  '_usage.c',
+  ])
+
+if get_option('selinux').enabled()
+  rc_selinux_c = files([
+    'rc-selinux.c',
+    ])
+else
+  rc_selinux_c = []
+endif
+
+rc_wtmp_c = files([
+  'rc-wtmp.c',
+  ])
+
+rc_bindir = rc_libexecdir / 'bin'
+rc_sbindir = rc_libexecdir / 'sbin'
+
+executable('rc-status',
+  ['rc-status.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  dependencies: [util_dep],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: bindir)
+
+executable('openrc',
+  ['rc.c', 'rc-logger.c', rc_misc_c, rc_plugin_c, usage_c,
+    version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  dependencies: [dl_dep, util_dep],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sbindir)
+
+executable('openrc-run',
+  ['openrc-run.c', rc_misc_c, rc_plugin_c, usage_c, 
+  rc_selinux_c, version_h],
+  c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  dependencies: [dl_dep, libpam, selinux_dep, util_dep],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sbindir)
+
+executable('rc',
+  ['rc.c', 'rc-logger.c', rc_misc_c, rc_plugin_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  dependencies: [dl_dep, util_dep],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sbindir)
+
+executable('rc-service',
+  ['rc-service.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sbindir)
+
+executable('rc-update',
+  ['rc-update.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sbindir)
+
+executable('runscript',
+  ['openrc-run.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, 'rc-plugin.c',
+    rc_selinux_c, version_h],
+  c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  dependencies: [dl_dep, libpam, util_dep, selinux_dep],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sbindir)
+
+executable('start-stop-daemon',
+  ['start-stop-daemon.c', 'rc-pipes.c', rc_misc_c, rc_schedules_c,
+	rc_selinux_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  dependencies: [dl_dep, libpam, util_dep, selinux_dep],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sbindir)
+
+executable('supervise-daemon',
+  ['supervise-daemon.c', rc_misc_c, rc_plugin_c, rc_schedules_c,
+    usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : [cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  dependencies: [dl_dep, libpam, util_dep, selinux_dep],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sbindir)
+
+if os == 'Linux'
+  executable('openrc-init',
+    ['openrc-init.c', rc_plugin_c, rc_wtmp_c, version_h],
+    include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+    link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+    dependencies: [dl_dep],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: sbindir)
+
+  executable('openrc-shutdown',
+    ['openrc-shutdown.c', 'broadcast.c', 'rc-sysvinit.c', rc_misc_c,
+		usage_c, rc_wtmp_c, version_h],
+    c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+    include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+    link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: sbindir)
+endif
+
+einfo_execs = [
+  'einfon',
+  'einfo',
+  'ewarnn',
+  'ewarn',
+  'eerrorn',
+  'eerror',
+  'ebegin',
+  'eend',
+  'ewend',
+  'eindent',
+  'eoutdent',
+  'esyslog',
+  'eval_ecolors',
+  'ewaitfile',
+  'veinfo',
+  'vewarn',
+  'vebegin',
+  'veend',
+  'vewend',
+  'veindent',
+  'veoutdent',
+  ]
+
+foreach exec: einfo_execs
+  executable(exec,
+    ['do_e.c', rc_misc_c, version_h],
+    include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+    link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: rc_bindir)
+endforeach
+
+executable('checkpath',
+  ['checkpath.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, rc_selinux_c,
+    version_h],
+  c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  dependencies: [libpam, selinux_dep],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_bindir)
+
+executable('fstabinfo',
+  ['fstabinfo.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_bindir)
+
+executable('mountinfo',
+  ['mountinfo.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_bindir)
+
+executable('rc-depend',
+  ['rc-depend.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_bindir)
+
+executable('is_newer_than',
+  ['is_newer_than.c', rc_misc_c, version_h],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_bindir)
+
+executable('is_older_than',
+  ['is_older_than.c', rc_misc_c, version_h],
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_bindir)
+
+service_execs = [
+  'service_starting',
+  'service_started',
+  'service_stopping',
+  'service_stopped',
+  'service_inactive',
+  'service_wasinactive',
+  'service_hotplugged',
+  'service_started_daemon',
+  'service_crashed',
+  ]
+
+foreach exec : service_execs
+  executable(exec,
+    ['do_service.c', rc_misc_c, version_h],
+    include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+    link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: rc_bindir)
+endforeach
+
+value_execs = [
+  'service_get_value',
+  'service_set_value',
+  'get_options',
+  'save_options',
+  ]
+
+foreach exec : value_execs
+  executable(exec,
+    ['do_value.c', rc_misc_c, version_h],
+    include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+    link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: rc_bindir)
+endforeach
+
+if os == 'Linux'
+  executable('kill_all',
+	  ['kill_all.c', usage_c, version_h],
+    c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+    include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+    link_with: [libeinfo,librc],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: rc_bindir)
+  endif
+
+executable('shell_var',
+  ['shell_var.c'],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_bindir)
+
+mark_service_execs =	[
+  'mark_service_starting',
+  'mark_service_started',
+  'mark_service_stopping',
+  'mark_service_stopped',
+  'mark_service_inactive',
+  'mark_service_wasinactive',
+  'mark_service_hotplugged',
+  'mark_service_failed',
+  'mark_service_crashed',
+  ]
+
+foreach exec : mark_service_execs
+  executable(exec,
+    ['do_mark_service.c', rc_misc_c, version_h],
+    include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+    link_with: [libeinfo,librc],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: rc_sbindir)
+endforeach
+
+executable('rc-abort',
+  'rc-abort.c',
+  include_directories: [einfo_incdir],
+  link_with: [libeinfo],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_sbindir)
+
+executable('swclock',
+  ['swclock.c', rc_misc_c, usage_c, version_h],
+  c_args : cc_branding_flags,
+  include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
+  link_with: [libeinfo,librc],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: rc_sbindir)
diff --git a/support/deptree2dot/meson.build b/support/deptree2dot/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c870c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/deptree2dot/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+deptree2dot_dir =	support_dir / 'deptree2dot'
+
+deptree2dot_bin =	['deptree2dot']
+deptree2dot_data =	['README.md']
+
+install_data(deptree2dot_bin,
+  install_dir : deptree2dot_dir,
+  install_mode : 'rwxr-xr-x')
+
+install_data(deptree2dot_data,
+  install_dir : deptree2dot_dir)
diff --git a/support/init.d.examples/meson.build b/support/init.d.examples/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0866e1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/init.d.examples/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+init_d_examples_dir = support_dir / 'init.d.examples'
+
+init_d_examples =  [
+  'avahi-dnsconfd.in',
+  'avahid.in',
+  'dhcpcd.in',
+  'dbus.in',
+  'hald.in',
+  'named.in',
+  'ntpd.in',
+  'openvpn.in',
+  'polkitd.in',
+  'sshd.in',
+  'wpa_supplicant.in',
+  ]
+
+init_d_examples_data = [
+  'README.md',
+  ]
+
+foreach init_d_example: init_d_examples
+  configure_file(input : init_d_example,
+    output : '@BASENAME@',
+    configuration : init_d_conf_data,
+    install_dir : init_d_examples_dir,
+    install_mode : 'rwxr-xr-x')
+endforeach
+
+install_data(init_d_examples_data,
+  install_dir : init_d_examples_dir)
diff --git a/support/meson.build b/support/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1b7b7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+support_dir = get_option('datadir') / meson.project_name().to_lower()
+support_dir = support_dir / 'support'
+
+subdir('deptree2dot')
+subdir('init.d.examples')
+subdir('openvpn')
+subdir('sysvinit')
diff --git a/support/openvpn/meson.build b/support/openvpn/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43cdc1ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/openvpn/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+openvpn_dir = support_dir / 'openvpn'
+
+openvpn_bin =  ['down.sh', 'up.sh']
+openvpn_data =  ['README.md']
+
+install_data(openvpn_bin,
+  install_dir : openvpn_dir,
+  install_mode : 'rwxr-xr-x')
+install_data(openvpn_data,
+  install_dir : openvpn_dir)
diff --git a/support/sysvinit/meson.build b/support/sysvinit/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62be8785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/sysvinit/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+sysvinit_dir =	support_dir / 'sysvinit'
+
+sysvinit_data =	['halt.sh', 'inittab', 'README.md']
+
+install_data(sysvinit_data,
+	install_dir : sysvinit_dir)
diff --git a/sysctl.d/meson.build b/sysctl.d/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db4c0e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysctl.d/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+sysctl_data =  [
+  'README',
+  ]
+
+sysctldir = get_option('sysconfdir') / 'sysctl.d'
+install_data(sysctl_data, install_dir : sysctldir)
diff --git a/tools/meson_final.sh b/tools/meson_final.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4941c8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/meson_final.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+rc_libexecdir="$1"
+os="$2"
+
+if [ ${os} != Linux ]; then
+	install -d "${DESTDIR}/${rc_libexecdir}"/init.d
+fi
+install -d "${DESTDIR}/${rc_libexecdir}"/tmp
+install "${MESON_BUILD_ROOT}/src/version/version" "${DESTDIR}/${rc_libexecdir}"
diff --git a/tools/meson_runlevels.sh b/tools/meson_runlevels.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7cf068a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/meson_runlevels.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+os="$1"
+net="$2"
+rc_libexecdir="$3"
+sysconfdir="$4"
+
+init_d_dir="${sysconfdir}/init.d"
+leveldir="${sysconfdir}/runlevels"
+sysinitdir="${leveldir}/sysinit"
+bootdir="${leveldir}/boot"
+defaultdir="${leveldir}/default"
+nonetworkdir="${leveldir}/nonetwork"
+shutdowndir="${leveldir}/shutdown"
+
+sysinit=
+case "${os}" in
+	Linux)
+		sysinit="${sysinit} cgroups devfs dmesg sysfs"
+		;;
+esac
+
+boot="bootmisc fsck hostname localmount loopback root swap sysctl urandom"
+if [ "${net}" = yes ]; then
+	boot="${boot} network staticroute"
+fi
+boot_BSD="hostid newsyslog savecore syslogd"
+
+case "${os}" in
+	DragonFly)
+		boot="${boot} ${boot_BSD}"
+		;;
+	FreeBSD|GNU-kFreeBSD)
+		boot="${boot} ${boot_BSD} adjkerntz dumpon modules syscons"
+		;;
+	Linux)
+		boot="${boot} binfmt hwclock keymaps modules mtab procfs
+		save-keymaps save-termencoding termencoding"
+		;;
+	NetBSD)
+		boot="${boot} ${boot_BSD} devdb swap-blk tys wscons"
+		;;
+esac
+
+default="local netmount"
+
+nonetwork="local"
+
+shutdown="savecache"
+case "${os}" in
+	Linux)
+		shutdown="${shutdown} killprocs mount-ro" 
+		;;
+esac
+
+if ! test -d "${DESTDIR}${sysinitdir}"; then
+	install -d "${DESTDIR}${sysinitdir}"
+	for x in ${sysinit}; do
+		ln -snf "${init_d_dir}/$x" "${DESTDIR}${sysinitdir}/$x"
+	done
+fi
+
+if ! test -d "${DESTDIR}${bootdir}"; then
+	install -d "${DESTDIR}${bootdir}"
+	for x in ${boot}; do
+		ln -snf "${init_d_dir}/$x" "${DESTDIR}${bootdir}/$x"
+	done
+fi
+
+if ! test -d "${DESTDIR}${defaultdir}"; then
+	install -d "${DESTDIR}${defaultdir}"
+	for x in ${default}; do
+		ln -snf "${init_d_dir}/$x" "${DESTDIR}${defaultdir}/$x"
+	done
+fi
+
+if ! test -d "${DESTDIR}${nonetworkdir}"; then
+	install -d "${DESTDIR}${nonetworkdir}"
+	for x in ${nonetwork}; do
+		ln -snf "${init_d_dir}/$x" "${DESTDIR}${nonetworkdir}/$x"
+	done
+fi
+
+if ! test -d "${DESTDIR}${shutdowndir}"; then
+	install -d "${DESTDIR}${shutdowndir}"
+	for x in ${shutdown}; do
+		ln -snf "${init_d_dir}/$x" "${DESTDIR}${shutdowndir}/$x"
+	done
+fi
+
+ln -snf "${rc_libexecdir}"/sh/functions.sh "${DESTDIR}/${init_d_dir}"