diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8edad33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+name: meson
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.head_ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  Linux-GCC:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        cc: ['9', '13']
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: egor-tensin/setup-gcc@v1
+        with:
+          version: ${{matrix.cc}}
+
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install meson ninja
+
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        run: |
+          meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+          meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+          meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  Linux-Clang:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        cc: ['9', '22']
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: egor-tensin/setup-clang@v1
+
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install meson ninja
+
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        run: |
+          meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+          meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+          meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  VisualStudio:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform: ['x64', 'x86']
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install meson ninja
+
+      - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+        with:
+          arch: ${{matrix.platform}}
+
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        env:
+          CFLAGS: '/analyze'
+        run: |
+          meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" --wrap-mode=forcefallback -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+          meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+          meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  VisualStudio-clang-cl:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install meson ninja
+
+      - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        env:
+          CC: clang-cl
+        run: |
+          meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+          meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+          meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  MSYS2:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform: ['UCRT64', 'CLANG64']
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          msystem: ${{matrix.platform}}
+          pacboy: >-
+            cc:p
+            cmake:p
+            meson:p
+            ninja:p
+            pkgconf:p
+
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        run: |
+          meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+          meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+          meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  Cygwin:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          msystem: 'MSYS'
+          install: >-
+            gcc
+            meson
+            ninja
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        run: |
+          meson setup build -Dwarning_level=3 -Dcpp_std=gnu++20 -Dbuildtype=debug
+          meson compile -C build --verbose
+          meson test -C build --verbose
+  MacOS:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: |
+          brew install meson
+
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        run: |
+          meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+          meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+          meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  DragonflyBSD:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: vmactions/dragonflybsd-vm@v1
+        with:
+          prepare: |
+            pkg install -y ninja meson pkgconf
+          run: |
+            meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+            meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+            meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  FreeBSD:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: vmactions/freebsd-vm@v1
+        with:
+          prepare: |
+            pkg install -y ninja meson pkgconf
+          run: |
+            meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+            meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+            meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  NetBSD:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: vmactions/netbsd-vm@v1
+        with:
+          prepare: |
+            /usr/sbin/pkg_add meson pkgconf
+          run: |
+            meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+            meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+            meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  OmniOS:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: vmactions/omnios-vm@v1
+        with:
+          prepare: |
+            pkg install gcc14 meson-313 ninja pkg-config python-313
+          run: |
+            /usr/lib/python3.13/bin/meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+            /usr/lib/python3.13/bin/meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+            /usr/lib/python3.13/bin/meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  OpenBSD:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: vmactions/openbsd-vm@v1
+        with:
+          prepare: |
+            pkg_add ninja meson pkgconf
+          run: |
+            meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+            meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+            meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+  Alpine:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform: ['x86_64', 'x86', 'armhf', 'armv7', 'aarch64', 'ppc64le', 'riscv64', 's390x']
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: alpine.sh {0}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: jirutka/setup-alpine@v1
+        with:
+          branch: edge
+          arch: ${{matrix.platform}}
+          packages: >
+            build-base pkgconf meson samurai
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        run: |
+          meson setup "${{github.workspace}}/build" -Dwarning_level=3 -Dbuildtype=debug
+          meson compile -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
+          meson test -C "${{github.workspace}}/build" --verbose
diff --git a/json_tokener.c b/json_tokener.c
index 8412eae..1b44ec5 100644
--- a/json_tokener.c
+++ b/json_tokener.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 #define jt_hexdigit(x) (((x) <= '9') ? (x) - '0' : ((x)&7) + 9)
 
-#if !HAVE_STRNCASECMP && defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if !HAVE_STRNCASECMP && defined(_WIN32)
 /* MSC has the version as _strnicmp */
 #define strncasecmp _strnicmp
 #elif !HAVE_STRNCASECMP
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b0709ef..d64f3be 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 
 project('json-c', 'c', version: '0.18.99',
+  meson_version: '>=0.54.0',
+  license: 'MIT',
   default_options: ['buildtype=release', 'warning_level=2'])
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
@@ -72,14 +74,16 @@ funcs = [
   'vsyslog',
   'getrandom',
   'getrusage',
-  'strcasecmp',
-  'strncasecmp',
   'strtoll',
   'strtoull',
   'arc4random',
   'vasprintf',
 ]
 
+if conf_data.has('HAVE_STRINGS_H')
+  funcs += ['strcasecmp', 'strncasecmp']
+endif
+
 foreach f : funcs
   if cc.has_function(f)
     conf_data.set('HAVE_@0@'.format(f.to_upper()), 1, description : 'Define to 1 if you have the `@0@` function.'.format(f))
@@ -123,16 +127,12 @@ foreach d, h : decls
   endif
 endforeach
 
-check_thread = cc.compiles('''
-    __thread int x = 0;
-    int main() { return x; }
-  ''',
-  name: 'Check for __thread support')
+check_thread = cc.compiles('__thread int x;', name: 'Check for __thread support')
 
 if check_thread
   conf_data.set('HAVE___THREAD', 1)
   conf_data.set('SPEC___THREAD', '__thread')
-elif cc.get_id().contains('msvc')
+elif cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
   conf_data.set('SPEC___THREAD', '__declspec(thread)')
 endif
 
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ json_header = configure_file(
   configuration: jhconf_data
 )
 
-
 # Platform-specific flags
 add_project_arguments('-D_GNU_SOURCE', language: 'c')
 
@@ -228,6 +227,12 @@ endif
 
 add_project_arguments(cc.get_supported_arguments('-Wno-unused-parameter'), language : 'c')
 
+sym = cc.get_supported_link_arguments(
+  '-Wl,--version-script,@0@/json-c.sym'.format(
+    meson.current_source_dir(),
+  ),
+)
+
 # Source files
 sources = files(
   'arraylist.c', 'debug.c', 'json_c_version.c', 'json_object.c',
@@ -252,11 +257,13 @@ libjson = library('json-c',
   include_directories: inc,
   dependencies: bsd_dep,
   install: true,
+  link_args: sym,
   version: '5.4.0',
   soversion: '5',
 )
 
 jsonc_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: libjson, include_directories: inc)
+meson.override_dependency('json-c', jsonc_dep)
 
 # Install headers
 install_headers(
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 9580e4b..50c3b03 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
-test_includes = include_directories('.')
-test_deps = [jsonc_dep]
+#This hack is needed for Windows tests
+test_lib = static_library(
+  'jsonctest',
+  objects: libjson.extract_all_objects(
+    recursive: false,
+  ),
+  install: false,
+)
+
+test_deps = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories: '..',
+  link_with: test_lib,
+)
 
 # List of test sources and expected output files
 test_cases = [
@@ -53,7 +64,6 @@ foreach t : test_cases
   name = t[0]
   expected = t[1]
   exe = executable(name, name + '.c',
-    include_directories: test_includes,
     dependencies: test_deps
   )
 
@@ -62,4 +72,4 @@ foreach t : test_cases
     env: ['EXPECTED_FILE=' + meson.current_build_dir() / expected],
     workdir: testdir
   )
-endforeach
\ No newline at end of file
+endforeach