diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3444852..cf0563ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ example/*
 !example/example.sln
 !example/example.vcxproj
 !example/CMakeLists.txt
+!example/meson.build
 !example/multisink.cpp
 !example/jni
 
diff --git a/example/meson.build b/example/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a5a53c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+example_matrix =  [
+  ['spdlog-example',    spdlog_dep],
+  ['spdlog-example-ho', spdlog_headeronly_dep],
+]
+
+foreach i : example_matrix
+  test_exe = executable(i[0], ['example.cpp'], dependencies: i[1])
+endforeach