diff --git a/build-scripts/meson-postinstall.py b/build-scripts/meson-postinstall.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6999cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-scripts/meson-postinstall.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sysconfig
+from compileall import compile_dir
+from os import environ, path
+from subprocess import call
+
+prefix = environ.get('MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX', '/usr/local')
+datadir = path.join(prefix, 'share')
+destdir = environ.get('DESTDIR', '')
+
+# Package managers set this so we don't need to run
+if not destdir:
+    print('Updating icon cache...')
+    call(['gtk-update-icon-cache', '-qtf', path.join(datadir, 'icons', 'hicolor')])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b169d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+project('diffuse',
+    version: '0.6.0',
+    meson_version: '>= 0.50',
+    license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later')
+
+i18n = import('i18n')
+python = import('python')
+
+py_installation = python.find_installation('python3')
+
+find_program('gtk-update-icon-cache', required: false)
+
+prefix = get_option('prefix')
+
+bindir = prefix / get_option('bindir')
+datadir = prefix / get_option('datadir')
+localedir = prefix / get_option('localedir')
+libexecdir = prefix / get_option('libexecdir')
+sysconfdir = prefix / get_option('sysconfdir')
+pythondir = py_installation.get_path('purelib')
+
+pkgdatadir = join_paths(datadir, meson.project_name())
+podir = join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'translations')
+
+subdir('translations')
+subdir('src')
+
+meson.add_install_script('build-scripts/meson-postinstall.py')
diff --git a/src/etc/diffuserc b/src/etc/diffuserc.py.in
similarity index 74%
rename from src/etc/diffuserc
rename to src/etc/diffuserc.py.in
index c10ba74..9a2f221 100644
--- a/src/etc/diffuserc
+++ b/src/etc/diffuserc.py.in
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Derrick Moser <derrick_moser@yahoo.com>
 
-import ../usr/share/diffuse/syntax/*.syntax
+import @PKGDATADIR@/syntax/*.syntax
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e30b432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Diffuse binary file
+diffuse_conf = configuration_data()
+diffuse_conf.set('SYSCONFIGDIR', sysconfdir)
+
+configure_file(
+  input: 'usr/bin/diffuse.py.in',
+  output: 'diffuse',
+  configuration: diffuse_conf,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: bindir
+)
+
+# Diffuse config file
+diffuserc_conf = configuration_data()
+diffuserc_conf.set('PKGDATADIR', pkgdatadir)
+
+configure_file(
+  input: 'etc/diffuserc.py.in',
+  output: 'diffuserc',
+  configuration: diffuserc_conf,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: sysconfdir
+)
+
+# Data files
+install_subdir('usr/share', install_dir: datadir, strip_directory: true)
diff --git a/src/usr/bin/diffuse b/src/usr/bin/diffuse.py.in
similarity index 99%
rename from src/usr/bin/diffuse
rename to src/usr/bin/diffuse.py.in
index 9ed6e0c..41142fc 100755
--- a/src/usr/bin/diffuse
+++ b/src/usr/bin/diffuse.py.in
@@ -8345,7 +8345,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         if isWindows():
             rc_file = os.path.join(bin_dir, 'diffuserc')
         else:
-            rc_file = os.path.join(bin_dir, '../../etc/diffuserc')
+            rc_file = os.path.join(bin_dir, '@SYSCONFIGDIR@/diffuserc')
         for rc_file in rc_file, os.path.join(rc_dir, 'diffuserc'):
             if os.path.isfile(rc_file):
                 rc_files.append(rc_file)
diff --git a/translations/LINGUAS b/translations/LINGUAS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdb3627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/LINGUAS
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Please keep this list sorted alphabetically
+cs
+de
+es
+it
+ja
+ko
+pl
+pt
+ru
+sv
+th
+zh_CN
+zh_TW
diff --git a/translations/meson.build b/translations/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9b77d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+i18n.gettext(meson.project_name(), preset: 'glib')