diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a22c30..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,279 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-
-include config.mk
-include colors.mk
-include common.mk
-
-# source files
-OSOURCE       = $(sort $(wildcard ${PROJECT}/*.c) \
-                ${PROJECT}/resources.c)
-SOURCE_FILTER =
-
-ifneq (${WITH_SQLITE},0)
-CPPFLAGS += -DWITH_SQLITE
-else
-SOURCE_FILTER += ${PROJECT}/database-sqlite.c
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(WITH_MAGIC),0)
-CPPFLAGS += -DWITH_MAGIC
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(WITH_SYNCTEX),0)
-CPPFLAGS += -DWITH_SYNCTEX
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(wildcard ${VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILE}),)
-VALGRIND_ARGUMENTS += --suppressions=${VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILE}
-endif
-
-ifeq (,$(findstring -DZATHURA_PLUGINDIR,${CPPFLAGS}))
-CPPFLAGS += -DZATHURA_PLUGINDIR=\"${PLUGINDIR}\"
-endif
-ifeq (,$(findstring -DGETTEXT_PACKAGE,${CPPFLAGS}))
-CPPFLAGS += -DGETTEXT_PACKAGE=\"${PROJECT}\"
-endif
-ifeq (,$(findstring -DLOCALEDIR,${CPPFLAGS}))
-CPPFLAGS += -DLOCALEDIR=\"${LOCALEDIR}\"
-endif
-
-SOURCE        = $(filter-out $(SOURCE_FILTER),$(OSOURCE))
-OBJECTS       = $(addprefix ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/,${SOURCE:.c=.o})
-OBJECTS_DEBUG = $(addprefix ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/,${SOURCE:.c=.o})
-OBJECTS_GCOV  = $(addprefix ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/,${SOURCE:.c=.o})
-HEADERINST    = $(addprefix ${PROJECT}/,version.h document.h macros.h page.h types.h plugin-api.h links.h)
-
-all: options ${PROJECT} po build-manpages
-
-# pkg-config based version checks
-.version-checks/%: config.mk
-	$(QUIET)test $($(*)_VERSION_CHECK) -eq 0 || \
-		${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version $($(*)_MIN_VERSION) $($(*)_PKG_CONFIG_NAME) || ( \
-		echo "The minimum required version of $(*) is $($(*)_MIN_VERSION)" && \
-		false \
-	)
-	@mkdir -p .version-checks
-	$(QUIET)touch $@
-
-options:
-	@echo ${PROJECT} build options:
-	@echo "CFLAGS  = ${CFLAGS}"
-	@echo "LIBS    = ${LIBS}"
-	@echo "DFLAGS  = ${DFLAGS}"
-	@echo "CC      = ${CC}"
-
-# generated files
-
-${PROJECT}/version.h: ${PROJECT}/version.h.in config.mk
-	$(QUIET)sed -e 's/ZVMAJOR/${ZATHURA_VERSION_MAJOR}/' \
-		-e 's/ZVMINOR/${ZATHURA_VERSION_MINOR}/' \
-		-e 's/ZVREV/${ZATHURA_VERSION_REV}/' \
-		-e 's/ZVAPI/${ZATHURA_API_VERSION}/' \
-		-e 's/ZVABI/${ZATHURA_ABI_VERSION}/' ${PROJECT}/version.h.in > ${PROJECT}/version.h.tmp
-	$(QUIET)mv ${PROJECT}/version.h.tmp ${PROJECT}/version.h
-
-${PROJECT}/resources.%: data/zathura.gresource.xml config.mk
-	$(call colorecho,GEN,$@)
-	@mkdir -p ${DEPENDDIR}/$(dir $@)
-	$(QUIET)$(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) --generate --c-name=zathura_resources --internal \
-		--dependency-file=$(DEPENDDIR)/$@.dep \
-		--sourcedir=data --target=$@ data/zathura.gresource.xml
-
-# common dependencies
-
-${OBJECTS} ${OBJECTS_DEBUG} ${OBJECTS_GCOV}: config.mk \
-	.version-checks/GIRARA \
-	.version-checks/GLIB \
-	.version-checks/GTK \
-	${PROJECT}/version.h \
-	${PROJECT}/resources.h
-
-# rlease build
-
-${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/%.o: %.c
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$<)
-	@mkdir -p ${DEPENDDIR}/$(dir $@)
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $(abspath $@))
-	$(QUIET)${CC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ $< -MMD -MF ${DEPENDDIR}/$@.dep
-
-${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS}
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$@)
-	@mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}
-	$(QUIET)${CC} ${SFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} \
-		-o ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS} ${LIBS}
-
-${PROJECT}: ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-release: ${PROJECT}
-
-run: release
-	$(QUIET)./${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-# debug build
-
-${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/%.o: %.c
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$<)
-	@mkdir -p ${DEPENDDIR}/$(dir $@)
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $(abspath $@))
-	$(QUIET)${CC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${DFLAGS} \
-		-o $@ $< -MMD -MF ${DEPENDDIR}/$@.dep
-
-${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS_DEBUG}
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$@)
-	@mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}
-	$(QUIET)${CC} ${LDFLAGS} \
-		-o ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS_DEBUG} ${LIBS}
-
-debug: ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-run-debug: debug
-	$(QUIET)./${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-# gcov build
-
-${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/%.o: %.c
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$<)
-	@mkdir -p ${DEPENDDIR}/$(dir $@)
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $(abspath $@))
-	$(QUIET)${CC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${GCOV_CFLAGS} \
-		-o $@ $< -MMD -MF ${DEPENDDIR}/$@.dep
-
-${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS_GCOV}
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$@)
-	@mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}
-	$(QUIET)${CC} ${LDFLAGS} ${GCOV_CFLAGS} ${GCOV_LDFLAGS} \
-		-o ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS_GCOV} ${LIBS}
-
-gcov: options ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-	$(QUIET)${MAKE} -C tests run-gcov
-	$(call colorecho,LCOV,"Analyse data")
-	$(QUIET)${LCOV_EXEC} ${LCOV_FLAGS}
-	$(call colorecho,LCOV,"Generate report")
-	$(QUIET)${GENHTML_EXEC} ${GENHTML_FLAGS}
-
-run-gcov: ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-	$(QUIET)./${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-# clean
-
-clean:
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf \
-		${BUILDDIR} \
-		${DEPENDDIR} \
-		${TARFILE} \
-		${TARDIR} \
-		${PROJECT}.pc \
-		${PROJECT}/version.h \
-		${PROJECT}/version.h.tmp \
-		${PROJECT}/resources.c \
-		${PROJECT}/resources.h \
-		$(PROJECT).info \
-		gcov \
-		.version-checks
-	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C tests clean
-	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C po clean
-	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C doc clean
-
-${PROJECT}.pc: ${PROJECT}.pc.in config.mk
-	$(QUIET)echo project=${PROJECT} > ${PROJECT}.pc
-	$(QUIET)echo version=${VERSION} >> ${PROJECT}.pc
-	$(QUIET)echo apiversion=${ZATHURA_API_VERSION} >> ${PROJECT}.pc
-	$(QUIET)echo abiversion=${ZATHURA_ABI_VERSION} >> ${PROJECT}.pc
-	$(QUIET)echo includedir=${INCLUDEDIR} >> ${PROJECT}.pc
-	$(QUIET)echo plugindir=${PLUGINDIR} >> ${PROJECT}.pc
-	$(QUIET)echo GTK_VERSION=3 >> ${PROJECT}.pc
-	$(QUIET)cat ${PROJECT}.pc.in >> ${PROJECT}.pc
-
-valgrind: debug
-	 $(QUIET)G_SLICE=always-malloc G_DEBUG=gc-friendly ${VALGRIND} ${VALGRIND_ARGUMENTS} \
-		 ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-gdb: debug
-	$(QUIET)cgdb ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-test: ${OBJECTS}
-	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C tests run
-
-dist: clean build-manpages
-	$(QUIET)tar -czf $(TARFILE) --exclude=.gitignore \
-		--transform 's,^,zathura-$(VERSION)/,' \
-		`git ls-files` \
-		doc/_build/$(PROJECT).1 doc/_build/$(PROJECT)rc.5
-
-doc:
-	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C doc
-
-po:
-	$(QUIET)${MAKE} -C po
-
-update-po:
-	$(QUIET)${MAKE} -C po update-po
-
-build-manpages:
-	$(QUIET)${MAKE} -C doc man
-
-install-manpages: build-manpages
-	$(call colorecho,INSTALL,"man pages")
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -m 755 -p ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man5
-ifneq "$(wildcard doc/_build/${PROJECT}.1)" ""
-	$(QUIET)install -m 644 doc/_build/${PROJECT}.1 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
-endif
-ifneq "$(wildcard doc/_build/${PROJECT}rc.5)" ""
-	$(QUIET)install -m 644 doc/_build/${PROJECT}rc.5 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man5
-endif
-
-install-headers: ${PROJECT}.pc
-	$(call colorecho,INSTALL,"header files")
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -m 755 -p ${DESTDIR}${INCLUDEDIR}/${PROJECT}
-	$(QUIET)install -m 644 ${HEADERINST} ${DESTDIR}${INCLUDEDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-	$(call colorecho,INSTALL,"pkgconfig file")
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -m 755 -p ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
-	$(QUIET)install -m 644 ${PROJECT}.pc ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
-
-install-dbus:
-	$(call colorecho,INSTALL,"D-Bus interface definitions")
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -m 755 -p $(DESTDIR)$(DBUSINTERFACEDIR)
-	$(QUIET)install -m 644 data/org.pwmt.zathura.xml $(DESTDIR)$(DBUSINTERFACEDIR)
-
-install-appdata:
-	$(call colorecho,INSTALL,"AppData file")
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -m 755 -p $(DESTDIR)$(APPDATAPREFIX)
-	$(QUIET)install -m 644 data/$(PROJECT).appdata.xml $(DESTDIR)$(APPDATAPREFIX)
-
-install: all install-headers install-manpages install-dbus install-appdata
-	$(call colorecho,INSTALL,"executeable file")
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -m 755 -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	$(QUIET)install -m 755 ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -m 755 -p ${DESTDIR}${DESKTOPPREFIX}
-	$(call colorecho,INSTALL,"desktop file")
-	$(QUIET)install -m 644 ${PROJECT}.desktop ${DESTDIR}${DESKTOPPREFIX}
-	$(MAKE) -C po install
-
-uninstall-headers:
-	$(call colorecho,UNINSTALL,"header files")
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf ${DESTDIR}${INCLUDEDIR}/${PROJECT}
-	$(call colorecho,UNINSTALL,"pkgconfig file")
-	$(QUIET)rm -f ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig/${PROJECT}.pc
-
-uninstall: uninstall-headers
-	$(ECHO) removing executable file
-	$(call colorecho,UNINSTALL,"executeable")
-	$(QUIET)rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PROJECT}
-	$(call colorecho,UNINSTALL,"man pages")
-	$(QUIET)rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/${PROJECT}.1
-	$(QUIET)rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man5/${PROJECT}rc.5
-	$(call colorecho,UNINSTALL,"desktop file")
-	$(QUIET)rm -f ${DESTDIR}${DESKTOPPREFIX}/${PROJECT}.desktop
-	$(call colorecho,UNINSTALL,"D-Bus interface definitions")
-	$(QUIET)rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(DBUSINTERFACEDIR)/org.pwmt.zathura.xml
-	$(call colorecho,UNINSTALL,"AppData file")
-	$(QUIET)rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(APPDATAPREFIX)/$(PROJECT).appdata.xml
-	$(MAKE) -C po uninstall
-
-DEPENDS = ${DEPENDDIRS:^=${DEPENDDIR}/}$(addprefix ${DEPENDDIR}/,${OBJECTS:.o=.o.dep})
--include ${DEPENDS}
-
-.PHONY: all options clean doc debug valgrind gdb dist doc install uninstall \
-	test po install-headers uninstall-headers update-po install-manpages \
-	build-manpages install-dbus
diff --git a/colors.mk b/colors.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 774204b..0000000
--- a/colors.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-
-ifeq ($(COLOR),1)
-# GCC diagnostics colors
-DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AVAILABLE ?= $(shell ($(CC) -fdiagnostics-color=always -E - </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1) || echo 0)
-ifeq ($(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AVAILABLE),1)
-CPPFLAGS     += -fdiagnostics-color=always
-endif
-
-# colorful output
-TPUT ?= /usr/bin/tput
-TPUT_AVAILABLE ?= $(shell ${TPUT} -V 2>/dev/null)
-
-ifdef TPUT_AVAILABLE
-COLOR_NORMAL  = `$(TPUT) sgr0`
-COLOR_ACTION  = `$(TPUT) bold``$(TPUT) setaf 3`
-COLOR_COMMENT = `$(TPUT) bold``$(TPUT) setaf 2`
-COLOR_BRACKET = `$(TPUT) setaf 4`
-define colorecho
-	@echo $(COLOR_BRACKET)" ["$(COLOR_ACTION)$1$(COLOR_BRACKET)"] "$(COLOR_COMMENT)$2$(COLOR_BRACKET) $(COLOR_NORMAL)
-endef
-else
-define colorecho
-	@echo " [$1]" $2
-endef
-endif
-else
-define colorecho
-	@echo " [$1]" $2
-endef
-endif
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index eb586f8..0000000
--- a/common.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-
-ifeq "$(VERBOSE)" "0"
-ECHO=@echo
-QUIET=@
-else
-ECHO=@\#
-QUIET=
-endif
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index d40a334..0000000
--- a/config.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,173 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-# zathura make config
-
-# project
-PROJECT = zathura
-
-ZATHURA_VERSION_MAJOR = 0
-ZATHURA_VERSION_MINOR = 3
-ZATHURA_VERSION_REV = 8
-# If the API changes, the API version and the ABI version have to be bumped.
-ZATHURA_API_VERSION = 2
-# If the ABI breaks for any reason, this has to be bumped.
-ZATHURA_ABI_VERSION = 3
-VERSION = ${ZATHURA_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ZATHURA_VERSION_MINOR}.${ZATHURA_VERSION_REV}
-
-# version checks
-# If you want to disable any of the checks, set *_VERSION_CHECK to 0.
-
-# girara
-GIRARA_VERSION_CHECK ?= 1
-GIRARA_MIN_VERSION = 0.2.8
-GIRARA_PKG_CONFIG_NAME = girara-gtk3
-# glib
-GLIB_VERSION_CHECK ?= 1
-GLIB_MIN_VERSION = 2.50
-GLIB_PKG_CONFIG_NAME = glib-2.0
-# GTK
-GTK_VERSION_CHECK ?= 1
-GTK_MIN_VERSION = 3.10
-GTK_PKG_CONFIG_NAME = gtk+-3.0
-
-# pkg-config binary
-PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
-
-# glib-compile-resources
-GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES ?= glib-compile-resources
-
-# database
-# To disable support for the sqlite backend set WITH_SQLITE to 0.
-WITH_SQLITE ?= $(shell (${PKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=3.5.9 sqlite3 && echo 1) || echo 0)
-
-# synctex
-# To disable support for synctex with libsynctex set WITH_SYNCTEX to 0.
-WITH_SYNCTEX ?= $(shell (${PKG_CONFIG} synctex && echo 1) || echo 0)
-
-# mimetype detection
-# To disable support for mimetype detction with libmagic set WITH_MAGIC to 0.
-WITH_MAGIC ?= 1
-
-# paths
-PREFIX ?= /usr
-MANPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/man
-DESKTOPPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/applications
-APPDATAPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/metainfo
-LIBDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib
-INCLUDEDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/include
-DBUSINTERFACEDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/share/dbus-1/interfaces
-VIMFTPLUGINDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/share/vim/addons/ftplugin
-DEPENDDIR ?= .depend
-BUILDDIR ?= build
-BUILDDIR_RELEASE ?= ${BUILDDIR}/release
-BUILDDIR_DEBUG ?= ${BUILDDIR}/debug
-BUILDDIR_GCOV ?= ${BUILDDIR}/gcov
-BINDIR ?= bin
-
-# plugin directory
-PLUGINDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/zathura
-# locale directory
-LOCALEDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/share/locale
-
-# libs
-ifeq (${GTK_INC}-${GTK_LIB},-)
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBS += gtk+-3.0
-else
-INCS += ${GTK_INC}
-LIBS += ${GTK_LIB}
-endif
-
-ifeq (${GLIB_INC}-${GLIB_LIB},-)
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBS += gthread-2.0 gmodule-no-export-2.0 glib-2.0
-else
-INCS += ${GLIB_INC}
-LIBS += ${GLIB_LIB}
-endif
-
-ifeq (${GIRARA_INC}-${GIRARA_LIB},-)
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBS += girara-gtk3
-else
-INCS += ${GIRARA_INC}
-LIBS += ${GIRARA_LIB}
-endif
-
-ifneq (${WITH_SQLITE},0)
-ifeq (${SQLITE_INC}-${SQLITE_LIB},-)
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBS += sqlite3
-else
-INCS += ${SQLITE_INC}
-LIBS += ${SQLITE_LIB}
-endif
-endif
-
-ifneq (${WITH_MAGIC},0)
-MAGIC_INC ?=
-MAGIC_LIB ?= -lmagic
-
-INCS += ${MAGIC_INC}
-LIBS += ${MAGIC_LIB}
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(WITH_SYNCTEX),0)
-ifeq (${SYNCTEX_INC}-${SYNCTEX_LIB},-)
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBS += synctex
-else
-INCS += ${SYNCTEX_INC}
-LIBS += ${SYNCTEX_LIB}
-endif
-endif
-
-ifneq (${PKG_CONFIG_LIBS},)
-INCS += $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags ${PKG_CONFIG_LIBS})
-LIBS += $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --libs ${PKG_CONFIG_LIBS})
-endif
-LIBS += -lpthread -lm
-
-# pre-processor flags
-CPPFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-
-# compiler flags
-CFLAGS += -std=c11 -pedantic -Wall -Wno-format-zero-length -Wextra $(INCS)
-
-# debug
-DFLAGS ?= -g
-
-# linker flags
-LDFLAGS += -rdynamic
-
-# compiler
-CC ?= gcc
-
-# strip
-SFLAGS ?= -s
-
-# msgfmt
-MSGFMT ?= msgfmt
-
-# gcov & lcov
-GCOV_CFLAGS=-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
-GCOV_LDFLAGS=-fprofile-arcs
-LCOV_OUTPUT=gcov
-LCOV_EXEC=lcov
-LCOV_FLAGS=--base-directory . --directory ${BUILDDIR_GCOV} --capture --rc \
-					 lcov_branch_coverage=1 --output-file ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/$(PROJECT).info
-GENHTML_EXEC=genhtml
-GENHTML_FLAGS=--rc lcov_branch_coverage=1 --output-directory ${LCOV_OUTPUT} ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/$(PROJECT).info
-
-# valgrind
-VALGRIND = valgrind
-VALGRIND_ARGUMENTS = --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes --leak-resolution=high \
-	--show-reachable=yes --log-file=zathura-valgrind.log
-VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILE = zathura.suppression
-
-# set to something != 0 if you want verbose build output
-VERBOSE ?= 0
-
-# gettext package name
-GETTEXT_PACKAGE ?= ${PROJECT}
-
-# colors
-COLOR ?= 1
-
-# dist
-TARFILE = ${PROJECT}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
-TARDIR = ${PROJECT}-${VERSION}
diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e7dc72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+gnome = import('gnome')
+zathura_resources = gnome.compile_resources(
+  'resources',
+  'zathura.gresource.xml',
+  c_name: 'zathura_resources',
+  dependencies: files('zathura.css_t', 'org.pwmt.zathura.xml')
+)
+
+install_data('zathura.appdata.xml', install_dir: metainfodir)
+install_data('org.pwmt.zathura.xml', install_dir: dbusinterfacesdir)
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index c4151da..0000000
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-#
-include ../config.mk
-include ../common.mk
-include ../colors.mk
-include config.mk
-
-MAN_SOURCES=$(wildcard man/*.rst) $(wildcard man/*.txt) man/conf.py
-DOXYGEN_SOURCES=$(wildcard ../zathura/*.h) Doxyfile
-HTML_SOURCES=$(wildcard *.rst api/*.rst configuration/*.rst installation/*.rst usage/*.rst) conf.py
-
-SPHINX_OPTS+=-d $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/doctrees
-
-all: man html
-
-clean:
-	$(call colorecho,RM,doc/$(SPHINX_BUILDDIR))
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/
-
-$(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/html/index.html: $(HTML_SOURCES) $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/doxygen/xml/index.xml
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -p $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/html
-	$(call colorecho,DOC,"Build HTML documentation")
-	$(QUIET)$(SPHINX_BIN) -b html $(SPHINX_OPTS) . $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/html
-
-$(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/zathura.1: $(MAN_SOURCES)
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -p $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)
-	$(call colorecho,DOC,"Build man pages")
-	$(QUIET)$(SPHINX_BIN) -b man $(SPHINX_OPTS) man $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)
-
-$(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/zathurarc.5: $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/zathura.1
-	@if test -f $@; then :; else \
-		rm -f $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/zathura.1; \
-		$(MAKE) $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/zathura.1; \
-	fi
-
-$(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/doxygen/xml/index.xml: $(DOXYGEN_SOURCES)
-	$(QUIET)mkdir -p $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/doxygen/xml
-	$(call colorecho,DOC,"Run doxygen")
-	$(QUIET)$(DOXYGEN_BIN) Doxyfile
-
-ifeq ($(shell which $(SPHINX_BIN) >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?), 1)
-man:
-html:
-else
-man: $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/zathura.1 $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/zathurarc.5
-
-# TODO: Make a better test for breathe and sphinx_rtd_theme
-ifeq ($(shell which $(DOXYGEN_BIN) >/dev/null 2>&1 && $(PYTHON_BIN) -c "import breathe; import sphinx_rtd_theme" >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?), 0)
-html: $(SPHINX_BUILDDIR)/html/index.html
-else
-html:
-endif
-endif
-
-.PHONY: clean html man all
diff --git a/doc/config.mk b/doc/config.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 60e395b..0000000
--- a/doc/config.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-
-SPHINX_BIN      ?= sphinx-build
-SPHINX_BUILDDIR  = _build
-SPHINX_OPTS     ?=
-DOXYGEN_BIN     ?= doxygen
-# This needs to be the same python interpreter as used by sphinx-build
-PYTHON_BIN      ?= python
diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c24352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+sphinx = find_program('sphinx-build')
+custom_target('man pages',
+  command: [sphinx, '-b', 'man', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'man'), meson.current_build_dir()],
+  output: ['zathura.1', 'zathurarc.5'],
+  input: [
+    'man/conf.py',
+    'man/_bindings.txt',
+    'man/_commands.txt',
+    'man/_options.txt',
+    'man/_synopsis.txt',
+    'man/zathurarc.5.rst',
+    'man/_bugs.txt',
+    'man/_configuration.txt',
+    'man/_description.txt',
+    'man/_synctex.txt',
+    'man/zathura.1.rst'
+  ],
+  build_by_default: true
+)
+install_man(
+  join_paths(meson.current_build_dir(), 'zathura.1'),
+  join_paths(meson.current_build_dir(), 'zathurarc.5')
+)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f3ab19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+project('zathura', 'c',
+  version: '0.3.8',
+  meson_version: '>=0.43',
+  default_options: 'c_std=c11',
+)
+
+version = meson.project_version()
+version_array = version.split('.')
+
+# Rules for so_major and so_minor:
+# Before a release perform the following checks against the last release:
+# * If a function has been removed or the paramaters of a function have changed
+#   bump SOMAJOR and set SOMINOR to 0.
+# * If any of the exported datastructures have changed in a incompatible way
+#   bump SOMAJOR and set SOMINOR to 0.
+# * If a function has been added bump SOMINOR.
+plugin_api_version = '2'
+plugin_abi_version = '3'
+
+conf_data = configuration_data()
+conf_data.set('ZVMAJOR', version_array[0])
+conf_data.set('ZVMINOR', version_array[1])
+conf_data.set('ZVREV', version_array[2])
+conf_data.set('ZVAPI', plugin_api_version)
+conf_data.set('ZVABI', plugin_abi_version)
+conf_data.set('version', version)
+
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c', required: false)
+
+prefix = get_option('prefix')
+localedir = get_option('localedir')
+datadir = get_option('datadir')
+metainfodir = join_paths(datadir, 'metainfo')
+desktopdir = join_paths(datadir, 'applications')
+dbusinterfacesdir = join_paths(datadir, 'dbus-1', 'interfaces')
+plugindir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'zathura')
+
+# required dependencies
+libm = cc.find_library('libm')
+girara = dependency('girara-gtk3', version: '>=0.2.8')
+glib = dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>=2.50')
+gthread = dependency('gthread-2.0', version: '>=2.50')
+gmodule = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0', version: '>=2.50')
+gtk3 = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>=3.10')
+
+build_dependencies = [libm, girara, glib, gthread, gmodule, gtk3]
+
+# defines
+defines = [
+  '-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="zathura"',
+  '-DLOCALEDIR="@0@"'.format(join_paths(prefix, localedir)),
+  '-DZATHURA_PLUGINDIR="@0@"'.format(join_paths(prefix, plugindir)),
+  '-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE',
+]
+
+# compile flags
+flags = [
+  '-Wall',
+  '-Wextra',
+  '-pedantic',
+  '-Werror=implicit-function-declaration'
+]
+flags = cc.get_supported_arguments(flags)
+
+# linker flags
+linker_flags = [
+  '-rdynamic'
+]
+linker_flags = cc.get_supported_arguments(linker_flags)
+
+# optional dependencies
+additional_sources = []
+sqlite = dependency('sqlite3', version: '>=3.5.9', required: false)
+synctex = dependency('synctex', required: false)
+magic = cc.find_library('magic', required: false)
+
+if get_option('enable-sqlite') and sqlite.found()
+  build_dependencies += sqlite
+  defines += '-DWITH_SQLITE'
+  additional_sources = files('zathura/database-sqlite.c')
+endif
+
+if get_option('enable-synctex') and synctex.found()
+  build_dependencies += synctex
+  defines += '-DWITH_SYNCTEX'
+endif
+
+if get_option('enable-magic') and magic.found()
+  build_dependencies += magic
+  defines += '-DWITH_MAGIC'
+endif
+
+# generate version header file
+version_header = configure_file(
+  input: 'zathura/version.h.in',
+  output: 'version.h',
+  configuration: conf_data
+)
+include_directories = [
+  include_directories('.')
+]
+
+subdir('data')
+subdir('po')
+
+# source files
+sources = files(
+  'zathura/adjustment.c',
+  'zathura/bookmarks.c',
+  'zathura/callbacks.c',
+  'zathura/checked-integer-arithmetic.c',
+  'zathura/commands.c',
+  'zathura/completion.c',
+  'zathura/config.c',
+  'zathura/content-type.c',
+  'zathura/database.c',
+  'zathura/database-plain.c',
+  'zathura/dbus-interface.c',
+  'zathura/document.c',
+  'zathura/file-monitor.c',
+  'zathura/file-monitor-glib.c',
+  'zathura/file-monitor-signal.c',
+  'zathura/jumplist.c',
+  'zathura/links.c',
+  'zathura/marks.c',
+  'zathura/page.c',
+  'zathura/page-widget.c',
+  'zathura/plugin.c',
+  'zathura/print.c',
+  'zathura/render.c',
+  'zathura/shortcuts.c',
+  'zathura/synctex.c',
+  'zathura/types.c',
+  'zathura/utils.c',
+  'zathura/zathura.c',
+)
+sources += zathura_resources
+sources += additional_sources
+
+# header fiels to install
+headers = files(
+  'zathura/document.h',
+  'zathura/links.h',
+  'zathura/macros.h',
+  'zathura/page.h',
+  'zathura/plugin-api.h',
+  'zathura/types.h',
+)
+headers += version_header
+
+# zathura helper library
+libzathura = static_library('zathura',
+  sources,
+  dependencies: build_dependencies,
+  include_directories: include_directories,
+  c_args: defines + flags
+)
+
+# zathura executable
+zathura = executable(
+  'zathura',
+  files('zathura/main.c'),
+  dependencies: build_dependencies + [declare_dependency(link_with: libzathura)],
+  install: true,
+  include_directories: include_directories,
+  c_args: defines + flags,
+  link_args: linker_flags, # replace with export_dynamic: true once we have meson >= 0.45
+  gui_app: true
+)
+install_headers(headers, subdir: 'zathura')
+
+# pkg-config file
+pkg = import('pkgconfig')
+pkg.generate(
+  name: 'zathura',
+  description: 'document viewer - plugin API',
+  url: 'https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura',
+  version: version,
+  requires_private: ['girara-gtk3', 'cairo'],
+  variables: [
+    'apiversion=@0@'.format(plugin_api_version),
+    'abiversion=@0@'.format(plugin_abi_version),
+    'plugindir=${libdir}/zathura'
+  ]
+)
+
+install_data('zathura.desktop', install_dir: desktopdir)
+
+subdir('doc')
+subdir('tests')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6853a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+option('enable-sqlite',
+  type: 'boolean',
+  value: true,
+  description: 'Enable sqlite support if available.'
+)
+option('enable-synctex',
+  type: 'boolean',
+  value: true,
+  description: 'Enable synctex support if available.'
+)
+option('enable-magic',
+  type: 'boolean',
+  value: true,
+  description: 'Enable magic support if available.'
+)
diff --git a/po/LINGUAS b/po/LINGUAS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8169b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/LINGUAS
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+ca
+cs
+de
+el
+eo
+es_CL
+es
+et
+fr
+he
+hr
+id_ID
+it
+lt
+no
+pl
+pt_BR
+ru
+ta_IN
+tr
+uk_UA
diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d60065..0000000
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-
-include ../config.mk
-include ../common.mk
-include ../colors.mk
-
-PROJECT  = zathura
-CATALOGS = $(sort $(wildcard *.po))
-LINGUAS ?= $(patsubst %.po, %, $(CATALOGS))
-ifeq ($(LINGUAS),)
-ALINGUAS =
-else
-ALINGUAS = $(shell find $(patsubst %, %.po, $(LINGUAS)) 2>/dev/null)
-endif
-MOS      = $(patsubst %, %/LC_MESSAGES/${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}.mo, $(patsubst %.po, %, $(ALINGUAS)))
-
-all: ${MOS}
-
-clean:
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf POTFILES.in POTFILES.in.tmp $(patsubst %.po, %, $(CATALOGS)) ${PROJECT}.pot
-
-POTFILES.in: $(sort $(wildcard ../zathura/*.c))
-	$(QUIET) set -e && rm -f $@.tmp && touch $@.tmp && \
-	for f in $(^F) ; do \
-		echo zathura/$$f >> $@.tmp ; \
-	done && \
-	mv $@.tmp $@
-
-${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}.pot: POTFILES.in
-	$(ECHO) regenerate $@
-	$(QUIET)intltool-update --pot --gettext-package=${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}
-
-update-po: ${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}.pot
-	$(call colorecho,PO,"Updating po files ${CATALOGS}")
-	$(QUIET)set -e && for f in ${CATALOGS} ; do \
-		intltool-update --dist --gettext-package=${GETTEXT_PACKAGE} `echo $$f | sed 's/\.po//'` ; \
-		sed -i 's/Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \\n/Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: http:\/\/bugs.pwmt.org\\n/'  "$$f" ; \
-	done
-
-%/LC_MESSAGES/${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}.mo: %.po
-	@mkdir -p $(@D)
-	$(call colorecho,MSGFMT,$(shell echo $< | sed 's/\.po//'))
-	$(QUIET)${MSGFMT} ${MSGFMTFLAGS} -c $< -o $@
-
-install: ${MOS}
-	$(call colorecho,INSTALL,"Install translations")
-	$(QUIET)set -e && for f in $^ ; do \
-		mkdir -p -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(LOCALEDIR)/`dirname $$f`; \
-		install -m 644 $$f $(DESTDIR)$(LOCALEDIR)/`dirname $$f` ; \
-	done
-
-uninstall: ${MOS}
-	$(call colorecho,UNINSTALL,"Uninstall translations")
-	$(QUIET)set -e && for f in $^ ; do \
-		rm -f $(LOCALEDIR)/$$f; \
-	done
-
-.PHONY: all clean install uninstall update-po
diff --git a/po/POTFILES b/po/POTFILES
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec14f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/POTFILES
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+zathura/adjustment.c
+zathura/bookmarks.c
+zathura/callbacks.c
+zathura/checked-integer-arithmetic.c
+zathura/commands.c
+zathura/completion.c
+zathura/config.c
+zathura/content-type.c
+zathura/database-plain.c
+zathura/database-sqlite.c
+zathura/database.c
+zathura/dbus-interface.c
+zathura/document.c
+zathura/file-monitor-glib.c
+zathura/file-monitor-signal.c
+zathura/file-monitor.c
+zathura/jumplist.c
+zathura/links.c
+zathura/main.c
+zathura/marks.c
+zathura/page-widget.c
+zathura/page.c
+zathura/plugin.c
+zathura/print.c
+zathura/render.c
+zathura/shortcuts.c
+zathura/synctex.c
+zathura/types.c
+zathura/utils.c
+zathura/zathura.c
diff --git a/po/meson.build b/po/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cac1e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+i18n = import('i18n')
+i18n.gettext('zathura',
+  preset: 'glib'
+)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 99e8da7..0000000
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-
-include ../config.mk
-include ../colors.mk
-include ../common.mk
-
-include config.mk
-
-PROJECT = tests
-SOURCE  = tests.c $(wildcard test_*.c)
-OBJECTS       = $(addprefix ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/,${SOURCE:.c=.o})
-OBJECTS_DEBUG = $(addprefix ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/,${SOURCE:.c=.o})
-OBJECTS_GCOV  = $(addprefix ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/,${SOURCE:.c=.o})
-
-FILTER = %/main.o
-
-ifneq (${WITH_SQLITE},0)
-CPPFLAGS += -DWITH_SQLITE
-else
-FILTER += %/database-sqlite.o
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(WITH_MAGIC),0)
-CPPFLAGS += -DWITH_MAGIC
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(WITH_SYNCTEX),0)
-CPPFLAGS += -DWITH_SYNCTEX
-endif
-
-ZATHURA_OBJECTS =  \
-	$(filter-out $(FILTER), $(wildcard ../${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/zathura/*.o))
-ZATHURA_OBJECTS_DEBUG =  \
-	$(filter-out $(FILTER), $(wildcard ../${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/zathura/*.o))
-ZATHURA_OBJECTS_GCOV=  \
-	$(filter-out $(FILTER), $(wildcard ../${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/zathura/*.o))
-
-ifneq ($(wildcard ${VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILE}),)
-VALGRIND_ARGUMENTS += --suppressions=${VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILE}
-endif
-
-all: release
-
-# release
-
-${OBJECTS}: config.mk ../config.mk ../zathura/version.h
-
-${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/%.o: %.c
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$<)
-	@mkdir -p ${DEPENDDIR}/$(dir $(abspath $@))
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $(abspath $@))
-	$(QUIET)${CC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} \
-		-o $@ $< -MMD -MF ${DEPENDDIR}/$(abspath $@).dep
-
-${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS}
-	$(QUIET)${MAKE} WITH_LIBFIU=1 -C .. ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/zathura
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$@)
-	@mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}
-	$(QUIET)${CC} ${SFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} \
-		-o ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT} \
-		${OBJECTS} ${ZATHURA_OBJECTS} ${LIBS}
-
-release: ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-run: ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-	$(QUIET)${FIU_EXEC} ./${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-# debug
-
-${OBJECTS_DEBUG}: config.mk ../config.mk ../zathura/version.h
-
-${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/%.o: %.c
-	@mkdir -p ${DEPENDDIR}/$(dir $(abspath $@))
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $(abspath $@))
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$<)
-	$(QUIET)${CC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${DFLAGS} \
-		-o $@ $< -MMD -MF ${DEPENDDIR}/$(abspath $@).dep
-
-${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS_DEBUG}
-	$(QUIET)${MAKE} WITH_LIBFIU=1 -C .. ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/zathura
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$@)
-	@mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}
-	$(QUIET)${CC} ${SFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} \
-		-o ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT} \
-		${OBJECTS} ${ZATHURA_OBJECTS_DEBUG} ${LIBS}
-
-debug: ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-run-debug: ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-	$(QUIET)${FIU_EXEC} ./${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-# gcov
-
-${OBJECTS_GCOV}: config.mk ../config.mk ../zathura/version.h
-
-${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/%.o: %.c
-	@mkdir -p ${DEPENDDIR}/$(dir $(abspath $@))
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $(abspath $@))
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$<)
-	$(QUIET)${CC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${GCOV_CFLAGS} ${DFLAGS} ${GCOV_DFLAGS} \
-		-o $@ $< -MMD -MF ${DEPENDDIR}/$(abspath $@).dep
-
-${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS_GCOV}
-	$(QUIET)${MAKE} WITH_LIBFIU=1 -C .. ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/zathura
-	$(call colorecho,CC,$@)
-	@mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}
-	$(QUIET)${CC} ${SFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} ${GCOV_CFLAGS} ${GCOV_LDFLAGS} \
-		-o ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT} \
-		${OBJECTS} ${ZATHURA_OBJECTS_GCOV} ${LIBS}
-
-gcov: ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-run-gcov: gcov
-	$(QUIET)${FIU_EXEC} ./${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
-
-../zathura/version.h:
-	$(MAKE) -C .. zathura/version.h
-
-valgrind: ${PROJECT}-debug
-	 $(QUIET)G_SLICE=always-malloc G_DEBUG=gc-friendly ${FIU_EXEC} ${VALGRIND} ${VALGRIND_ARGUMENTS} ./${PROJECT}-debug
-
-clean:
-	$(call colorecho,RM, "Clean test files")
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf ${PROJECT}
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf ${PROJECT}-debug
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf ${PROJECT}-gcov
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf ${BUILDDIR}
-	$(QUIET)rm -rf ${DEPENDDIR}
-
-.PHONY: all clean debug run
-
--include $(wildcard ${DEPENDDIR}/*.dep)
diff --git a/tests/config.mk b/tests/config.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index d0cf5f7..0000000
--- a/tests/config.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# See LICENSE file for license and copyright information
-
-CHECK_INC ?= $(shell pkg-config --cflags check)
-CHECK_LIB ?= $(shell pkg-config --libs check)
-
-INCS += ${CHECK_INC} ${FIU_INC} -I../zathura
-LIBS += ${CHECK_LIB} ${FIU_LIB} 
-
-ZATHURA_RELEASE=../${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/zathura
-ZATHURA_DEBUG=../${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/zathura
-ZATHURA_GCOV=../${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/zathura
-
-# valgrind
-VALGRIND = valgrind
-VALGRIND_ARGUMENTS = --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes --leak-resolution=high \
-	--show-reachable=yes --log-file=zathura-valgrind.log
-VALGRIND_SUPPRESSION_FILE = zathura.suppression
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccf96e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+check = dependency('check', required: false)
+if check.found()
+  test_dependencies = [
+    declare_dependency(link_with: libzathura),
+    check
+  ]
+
+  include_directories += [ include_directories('../zathura') ]
+
+  test_sources = [
+    'tests.c',
+    'test_document.c',
+    'test_session.c',
+    'test_utils.c'
+  ]
+
+  tests = executable('tests', test_sources,
+    dependencies: build_dependencies + test_dependencies,
+    include_directories: include_directories,
+    c_args: defines + flags
+  )
+
+  test('tests', tests)
+endif
diff --git a/zathura.pc.in b/zathura.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e76b38d..0000000
--- a/zathura.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-INC_PATH=-I${includedir}
-
-Name: ${project}
-Description: document viewer
-Version: ${version}
-URL: http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura
-Cflags: ${INC_PATH}
-Requires.private: girara-gtk${GTK_VERSION} cairo
diff --git a/zathura/version.h.in b/zathura/version.h.in
index d35d791..186be9f 100644
--- a/zathura/version.h.in
+++ b/zathura/version.h.in
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 #ifndef ZATHURA_VERSION_H
 #define ZATHURA_VERSION_H
 
-#define ZATHURA_VERSION_MAJOR ZVMAJOR
-#define ZATHURA_VERSION_MINOR ZVMINOR
-#define ZATHURA_VERSION_REV ZVREV
-#define ZATHURA_VERSION "ZVMAJOR.ZVMINOR.ZVREV"
-#define ZATHURA_API_VERSION ZVAPI
-#define ZATHURA_ABI_VERSION ZVABI
+#define ZATHURA_VERSION_MAJOR @ZVMAJOR@
+#define ZATHURA_VERSION_MINOR @ZVMINOR@
+#define ZATHURA_VERSION_REV @ZVREV@
+#define ZATHURA_VERSION "@version@"
+#define ZATHURA_API_VERSION @ZVAPI@
+#define ZATHURA_ABI_VERSION @ZVABI@
 
 #endif