diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 34122accd..1c3221318 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ sway_inc = include_directories('include')
 
 subdir('common')
 subdir('sway')
+subdir('swaymsg')
 
 config = configuration_data()
 config.set('sysconfdir', join_paths(prefix, sysconfdir))
diff --git a/swaymsg/meson.build b/swaymsg/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d678878f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swaymsg/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+executable(
+    'swaymsg',
+    'main.c',
+    include_directories: [sway_inc],
+    dependencies: [jsonc],
+    link_with: [lib_sway_common],
+    install: true
+)