diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d2a0ca0f45..257a40e8b3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@ language: cpp
 sudo: required
 
 # don't create redundant code coverage reports
-# - AUTOTOOLS=yes COVERAGE=yes BUILD=static
-# - AUTOTOOLS=no COVERAGE=yes BUILD=shared
-# - AUTOTOOLS=no COVERAGE=no BUILD=static
+# - TOOLING=autotools COVERAGE=yes BUILD=static
+# - TOOLING=make COVERAGE=yes BUILD=shared
+# - TOOLING=make COVERAGE=no BUILD=static
 
 # further speed up day by day travis-ci builds
 # re-enable this if you change the makefiles
 # this will still catch all coding errors!
-# - AUTOTOOLS=yes COVERAGE=no BUILD=static
+# - TOOLING=autotools COVERAGE=no BUILD=static
 
 # currently there are various issues when
 # built with coverage, clang and autotools
-# - AUTOTOOLS=yes COVERAGE=yes BUILD=shared
+# - TOOLING=autotools COVERAGE=yes BUILD=shared
 
 matrix:
-  include :
+  include:
     - os: linux
       compiler: gcc
-      env: AUTOTOOLS=no COVERAGE=yes BUILD=static
+      env: TOOLING=make COVERAGE=yes BUILD=static
     - os: linux
       compiler: g++-5
-      env: AUTOTOOLS=yes COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
+      env: TOOLING=autotools COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
       addons:
         apt:
           sources:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ matrix:
             - g++-5
     - os: linux
       compiler: g++-8
-      env: AUTOTOOLS=yes COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
+      env: TOOLING=autotools COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
       addons:
         apt:
           sources:
@@ -45,19 +45,57 @@ matrix:
       compiler: clang
       # This build runs with ASan and we set `detect_odr_violation=0`
       # to work around https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37545.
-      env: AUTOTOOLS=no COVERAGE=no BUILD=static ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_odr_violation=0
+      env: TOOLING=make COVERAGE=no BUILD=static ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_odr_violation=0
     - os: linux
       compiler: clang
-      env: AUTOTOOLS=yes COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
+      env: TOOLING=autotools COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      env: TOOLING=meson COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages:
+            - python3-pip
+            - python3-setuptools
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: clang
+      env: TOOLING=meson COVERAGE=yes BUILD=shared
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages:
+            - python3-pip
+            - python3-setuptools
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: gcc
+      env: TOOLING=meson COVERAGE=no BUILD=static
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages:
+            - python3-pip
+            - python3-setuptools
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: clang
+      env: TOOLING=meson COVERAGE=yes BUILD=static
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages:
+            - python3-pip
+            - python3-setuptools
+    - os: osx
+      compiler: clang
+      env: TOOLING=make COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
+    - os: osx
+      compiler: clang
+      env: TOOLING=make COVERAGE=no BUILD=static
     - os: osx
       compiler: clang
-      env: AUTOTOOLS=no COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
+      env: TOOLING=autotools COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
     - os: osx
       compiler: clang
-      env: AUTOTOOLS=no COVERAGE=no BUILD=static
+      env: TOOLING=meson COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
     - os: osx
       compiler: clang
-      env: AUTOTOOLS=yes COVERAGE=no BUILD=shared
+      env: TOOLING=meson COVERAGE=no BUILD=static
 
 script:
   - ./script/ci-build-libsass
diff --git a/contrib/meson.build b/contrib/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d4ddcefed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plugin = shared_library('plugin', 'plugin.cpp', dependencies: [sass_dep])
diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c5c6baea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+sass_inc = include_directories('.')
+version_h = configure_file(input: 'sass/version.h.in', output: 'version.h',
+  configuration: {'PACKAGE_VERSION': meson.version()}
+)
+
+install_subdir('sass', install_dir: get_option('includedir'), exclude_files: ['version.h', 'version.h.in'])
+install_headers('sass.h', 'sass2scss.h', version_h, subdir: 'sass')
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf11613e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+project('libsass', 'c', 'cpp', version: '3.6.4', meson_version: '>=0.49', default_options: ['c_std=c11','cpp_std=c++11'])
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+if target_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  add_project_arguments('-D_WIN32', cpp.get_supported_arguments('-Wno-non-virtual-dtor'), language: 'cpp')
+endif
+
+deps = [
+  meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('dl', required: false)
+]
+
+subdir('res') # Must be before src as src_res is declared here and used there
+subdir('include')
+subdir('src')
+subdir('contrib')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b072202c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+option('SASS_CUSTOM_ALLOCATOR', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Activate a custom allocator for performance improvements')
diff --git a/res/meson.build b/res/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..deea00c941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+winres_path = files('resource.rc')
+src_res = []
+
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  src_res += [import('windows').compile_resources(winres_path)]
+endif
diff --git a/script/ci-build-libsass b/script/ci-build-libsass
index d4ade4eb73..487bea2816 100755
--- a/script/ci-build-libsass
+++ b/script/ci-build-libsass
@@ -71,32 +71,61 @@ echo SASS_SASSC_PATH: $SASS_SASSC_PATH
 echo SASS_SPEC_PATH: $SASS_SPEC_PATH
 echo INSTALL_LOCATION: $PREFIX
 
-if [ "x$AUTOTOOLS" == "xyes" ]; then
-
-  echo -en 'travis_fold:start:configure\r'
-  autoreconf --force --install
-  ./configure --enable-tests $COVERAGE_OPT \
-    --disable-silent-rules \
-    --with-sassc-dir=$SASS_SASSC_PATH \
-    --with-sass-spec-dir=$SASS_SPEC_PATH \
-    --prefix=$PREFIX \
-    ${SHARED_OPT}
-  echo -en 'travis_fold:end:configure\r'
-
-  make $MAKE_OPTS clean
-
-else
-
-  make $MAKE_OPTS clean
-
-  # Run C++ unit tests
-  make -C test clean
-  make -C test test
-
-fi
-
-# install to prefix directory
-PREFIX="$PREFIX" make $MAKE_OPTS install
+# if [ "x$AUTOTOOLS" == "xyes" ]; then
+
+#   echo -en 'travis_fold:start:configure\r'
+#   autoreconf --force --install
+#   ./configure --enable-tests $COVERAGE_OPT \
+#     --disable-silent-rules \
+#     --with-sassc-dir=$SASS_SASSC_PATH \
+#     --with-sass-spec-dir=$SASS_SPEC_PATH \
+#     --prefix=$PREFIX \
+#     ${SHARED_OPT}
+#   echo -en 'travis_fold:end:configure\r'
+
+#   make $MAKE_OPTS clean
+
+# else
+
+#   make $MAKE_OPTS clean
+
+#   # Run C++ unit tests
+#   make -C test clean
+#   make -C test test
+
+# fi
+
+case $TOOLING in
+  autotools)
+    echo -en 'travis_fold:start:configure\r'
+    autoreconf --force --install
+    ./configure --enable-tests $COVERAGE_OPT \
+      --disable-silent-rules \
+      --with-sassc-dir=$SASS_SASSC_PATH \
+      --with-sass-spec-dir=$SASS_SPEC_PATH \
+      --prefix=$PREFIX \
+      ${SHARED_OPT}
+    echo -en 'travis_fold:end:configure\r'
+
+    make $MAKE_OPTS clean
+
+    # install to prefix directory
+    PREFIX="$PREFIX" make $MAKE_OPTS install
+  ;;
+  meson)
+    meson $MESON_OPTS --prefix=$PREFIX --default-library=$BUILD _build
+    ninja -C _build test
+    ninja -C _build install
+  ;;
+  *)
+    make $MAKE_OPTS clean
+    make -C test clean
+    make -C test test
+
+    # install to prefix directory
+    PREFIX="$PREFIX" make $MAKE_OPTS install
+  ;;
+esac
 
 ls -la $PREFIX/*
 
diff --git a/script/ci-install-deps b/script/ci-install-deps
index 27b485aa75..6a36e4108e 100755
--- a/script/ci-install-deps
+++ b/script/ci-install-deps
@@ -6,15 +6,20 @@ else
   echo "no dependencies to install"
 fi
 
-if [ "x$AUTOTOOLS" == "xyes" ]; then
-  AUTOTOOLS=yes
-
-  if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then
-    sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:rbose-debianizer/automake &> /dev/null
-    sudo apt-get -qq update
-    sudo apt-get -qq install automake
-  fi
-
-fi
+case $TOOLING in
+  autotools)
+    if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then
+      sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:rbose-debianizer/automake &> /dev/null
+      sudo apt-get -qq update
+      sudo apt-get -qq install automake
+    fi
+  ;;
+  meson)
+    if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then
+      pip3 install meson ninja
+    else
+      pip install meson ninja
+    fi
+esac
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/src/memory/meson.build b/src/memory/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a84bdc31b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/memory/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+src_memory = files(
+  'allocator.cpp',
+  'shared_ptr.cpp'
+)
+memory_lib_args = []
+if get_option('SASS_CUSTOM_ALLOCATOR')
+  memory_lib_args += ['-DSASS_CUSTOM_ALLOCATOR']
+endif
+memory_lib = static_library('memory', src_memory, include_directories: sass_inc, cpp_args: memory_lib_args)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77d574bbbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+src_cpp = files(
+  'ast.cpp',
+  'ast2c.cpp',
+  'ast_fwd_decl.cpp',
+  'ast_sel_cmp.cpp',
+  'ast_sel_super.cpp',
+  'ast_sel_unify.cpp',
+  'ast_sel_weave.cpp',
+  'ast_selectors.cpp',
+  'ast_supports.cpp',
+  'ast_values.cpp',
+  'backtrace.cpp',
+  'base64vlq.cpp',
+  'bind.cpp',
+  'c2ast.cpp',
+  'check_nesting.cpp',
+  'color_maps.cpp',
+  'constants.cpp',
+  'context.cpp',
+  'cssize.cpp',
+  'emitter.cpp',
+  'environment.cpp',
+  'error_handling.cpp',
+  'eval.cpp',
+  'eval_selectors.cpp',
+  'expand.cpp',
+  'extender.cpp',
+  'extension.cpp',
+  'file.cpp',
+  'fn_colors.cpp',
+  'fn_lists.cpp',
+  'fn_maps.cpp',
+  'fn_miscs.cpp',
+  'fn_numbers.cpp',
+  'fn_selectors.cpp',
+  'fn_strings.cpp',
+  'fn_utils.cpp',
+  'inspect.cpp',
+  'json.cpp',
+  'lexer.cpp',
+  'listize.cpp',
+  'operators.cpp',
+  'output.cpp',
+  'parser.cpp',
+  'parser_selectors.cpp',
+  'plugins.cpp',
+  'position.cpp',
+  'prelexer.cpp',
+  'remove_placeholders.cpp',
+  'sass.cpp',
+  'sass2scss.cpp',
+  'sass_context.cpp',
+  'sass_functions.cpp',
+  'sass_values.cpp',
+  'source.cpp',
+  'source_map.cpp',
+  'stylesheet.cpp',
+  'to_value.cpp',
+  'units.cpp',
+  'utf8_string.cpp',
+  'util.cpp',
+  'util_string.cpp',
+  'values.cpp'
+)
+src_c = files(
+  'c99func.c',
+  'cencode.c'
+)
+
+subdir('memory')
+
+sass_lib = library('sass', src_cpp, src_c, src_res,
+  include_directories: sass_inc,
+  dependencies: deps,
+  c_args: ['-DADD_EXPORTS'],
+  cpp_args: ['-DADD_EXPORTS'],
+  install: true
+)
+
+sass_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: sass_lib, include_directories: sass_inc)
+
+import('pkgconfig').generate(
+  sass_lib,
+  description: 'A C implementation of a Sass compiler'
+)
diff --git a/src/support/meson.build b/src/support/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2