diff --git a/dev-util/meson/meson-0.39.1.recipe b/dev-util/meson/meson-0.39.1.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6f9b7cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/meson/meson-0.39.1.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+SUMMARY="A High productivity build system"
+DESCRIPTION="Meson® is a project to create the best possible next-generation \
+build system."
+HOMEPAGE="http://mesonbuild.com/"
+COPYRIGHT="2013-2017 The Meson development team"
+LICENSE="Apache v2"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/$portVersion/meson-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="44885ccfef94d3d4afb1053fa6673ed130d3093fc9e9f6624d08161d8a385220"
+PATCHES="meson-$portVersion.patchset"
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.6"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="any"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	meson = $portVersion
+	cmd:meson = $portVersion
+	cmd:mesonconf = $portVersion
+	cmd:mesonintrospect = $portVersion
+	cmd:mesontest = $portVersion
+	cmd:wraptool = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	cmd:python$PYTHON_VERSION
+	cmd:ninja >= 1.6
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	python3_setuptools
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:python$PYTHON_VERSION
+	# for tests
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:ninja >= 1.6
+	"
+INSTALL()
+{
+	# GENERIC: all python_setuptools-based installs need this
+	python=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~python$PYTHON_VERSION/bin/python3
+	pythonVersion=$($python --version 2>&1 | sed 's/Python //' | head -c3)
+	installLocation=$prefix/lib/python$pythonVersion/vendor-packages/
+	export PYTHONPATH=$installLocation:$PYTHONPATH
+	mkdir -p $installLocation
+
+	$python setup.py install \
+		--prefix=$prefix
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	MESON_PRINT_TEST_OUTPUT=1 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 ./run_tests.py
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/meson/patches/meson-0.39.1.patchset b/dev-util/meson/patches/meson-0.39.1.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d8798059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/meson/patches/meson-0.39.1.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From c7e486aceb016655a66c259eff1d41cc9bd73b37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:57:03 +0200
+Subject: Haiku patch
+
+
+diff --git a/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py b/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
+index c7368d5..c8dbc2b 100644
+--- a/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
+@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ def is_osx():
+ def is_linux():
+     return platform.system().lower() == 'linux'
+ 
++def is_haiku():
++    return platform.system().lower() == 'haiku'
++
+ def is_windows():
+     platname = platform.system().lower()
+     return platname == 'windows' or 'mingw' in platname
+diff --git a/run_tests.py b/run_tests.py
+index 5025057..bb5eec7 100755
+--- a/run_tests.py
++++ b/run_tests.py
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from mesonbuild import mesonlib
+ if __name__ == '__main__':
+     returncode = 0
+     # Running on a developer machine? Be nice!
+-    if not mesonlib.is_windows() and 'TRAVIS' not in os.environ:
++    if not mesonlib.is_windows() and not mesonlib.is_haiku() and 'TRAVIS' not in os.environ:
+         os.nice(20)
+     print('Running unittests.\n')
+     units = ['InternalTests', 'AllPlatformTests']
+-- 
+2.11.0
+