diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 439c1ffd..b23b8f28 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ before_script:
   - chmod +x /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
   - echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
   - apt-get update
-  - apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install build-essential automake autoconf libtool pkg-config libexpat1-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libpixman-1-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libcolord-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev libwayland-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libx11-xcb-dev libx11-dev libudev-dev libgbm-dev libxkbcommon-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libxcursor-dev libmtdev-dev libpam0g-dev libvpx-dev libsystemd-dev libinput-dev libwebp-dev libjpeg-dev libva-dev liblcms2-dev git libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev freerdp2-dev
+  - apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install build-essential automake autoconf libtool pkg-config libexpat1-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libpixman-1-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libcolord-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev libwayland-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libx11-xcb-dev libx11-dev libudev-dev libgbm-dev libxkbcommon-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libxcursor-dev libmtdev-dev libpam0g-dev libvpx-dev libsystemd-dev libinput-dev libwebp-dev libjpeg-dev libva-dev liblcms2-dev git libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev freerdp2-dev curl python3-pip python3-setuptools ninja-build
+  - pip3 install --user meson
   - mkdir -p /tmp/.X11-unix
   - chmod 777 /tmp/.X11-unix
 
-build-native:
+build-native-autotools:
   stage: build
   script:
   - git clone --depth=1 git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/wayland/wayland-protocols
@@ -48,3 +49,36 @@ build-native:
     - build-*/*.log
     - build-*/logs
     - prefix-*
+
+build-native-meson:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+  - git clone --depth=1 git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/wayland/wayland-protocols
+  - export WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_DIR="$(pwd)/prefix-wayland-protocols"
+  - export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_DIR/share/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+  - export MAKEFLAGS="-j4"
+  - cd wayland-protocols
+  - git show -s HEAD
+  - mkdir build
+  - cd build
+  - ../autogen.sh --prefix="$WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_DIR"
+  - make install
+  - cd ../../
+  - export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$(mktemp -p $(pwd) -d xdg-runtime-XXXXXX)"
+  - export BUILD_ID="weston-$CI_JOB_NAME_$CI_COMMIT_SHA-$CI_JOB_ID"
+  - export PREFIX="$(pwd)/prefix-$BUILD_ID"
+  - export BUILDDIR="$(pwd)/build-$BUILD_ID"
+  - export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
+  - mkdir "$BUILDDIR" "$PREFIX"
+  - cd "$BUILDDIR"
+  - meson --prefix="$PREFIX" -Dsimple-dmabuf-drm=intel ..
+  - ninja -k0
+  - ninja install
+  - ninja test
+  - ninja clean
+  artifacts:
+    name: weston-$CI_COMMIT_SHA-$CI_JOB_ID
+    when: always
+    paths:
+    - build-meson/meson-logs
+    - prefix-*