diff --git a/extra/meson/build b/extra/meson/build
index e69de29b..366c5443 100755
--- a/extra/meson/build
+++ b/extra/meson/build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+python setup.py build
+python setup.py install \
+    --root="$1" \
+    --optimize=1 \
+    --skip-build
diff --git a/extra/meson/checksums b/extra/meson/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f0f67ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/meson/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e9f52047f26636ee512439c01755064656db5faecdd68e9af09dc772d829198c  0.50.1.tar.gz