diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 15f59af..e016f39 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ variables:
 before_script:
   - echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" >> /etc/apk/repositories
   - apk update
-  - apk add musl-dev eudev-libs eudev-dev linux-headers cmake ninja gcc scdoc
+  - apk add musl-dev eudev-libs eudev-dev linux-headers meson ninja gcc scdoc
   - apk add libxcb-dev xcb-util-wm-dev xcb-util-cursor-dev cairo-dev yaml-dev
   - apk add wayland-dev wayland-protocols wlroots-dev
   - apk add json-c-dev libmpdclient-dev alsa-lib-dev
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ debug:
   script:
     - mkdir -p bld/debug
     - cd bld/debug
-    - cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../../
+    - meson --buildtype=debug ../..
     - ninja -k0
 
 release:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ release:
   script:
     - mkdir -p bld/release
     - cd bld/release
-    - cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel ../../
+    - meson --buildtype=minsize ../../
     - ninja -k0
 
 x11_only:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ x11_only:
   script:
     - mkdir -p bld/debug
     - cd bld/debug
-    - cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_X11=yes -DENABLE_WAYLAND=no ../../
+    - meson --buildtype=debug -Dbackend-x11=enabled -Dbackend-wayland=disabled ../../
     - ninja -k0
 
 wayland_only:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ wayland_only:
   script:
     - mkdir -p bld/debug
     - cd bld/debug
-    - cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_X11=no -DENABLE_WAYLAND=yes ../../
+    - meson --buildtype=debug -Dbackend-x11=disabled -Dbackend-wayland=enabled ../../
     - ninja -k0
 
 plugins_as_shared_modules:
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ plugins_as_shared_modules:
   script:
     - mkdir -p bld/debug
     - cd bld/debug
-    - cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCORE_PLUGINS_AS_SHARED_LIBRARIES=yes ../../
+    - meson --buildtype=debug -Dcore-plugins-as-shared-libraries=true ../../
     - ninja -k0