diff --git a/media-libs/gstreamer/gstreamer-1.16.2.recipe b/media-libs/gstreamer/gstreamer-1.18.0.recipe
similarity index 60%
rename from media-libs/gstreamer/gstreamer-1.16.2.recipe
rename to media-libs/gstreamer/gstreamer-1.18.0.recipe
index 6f6d4a1c6..e43f68b47 100644
--- a/media-libs/gstreamer/gstreamer-1.16.2.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/gstreamer/gstreamer-1.18.0.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="Erik Walthinsen"
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="e3f044246783fd685439647373fa13ba14f7ab0b346eadd06437092f8419e94e"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="0ff09245b06c0aeb5d9a156edcab088a7e8213a0bf9c84a1ff0318f9c00c7805"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ PROVIDES="
 	cmd:gst_inspect_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
 	cmd:gst_launch_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
 	cmd:gst_stats_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:gst_tester_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
 	cmd:gst_typefind_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	lib:libgstbase_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1602.0 compat >= 0
-	lib:libgstcontroller_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1602.0 compat >= 0
-	lib:libgstnet_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1602.0 compat >= 0
-	lib:libgstreamer_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1602.0 compat >= 0
+	lib:libgstbase_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
+	lib:libgstcheck_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
+	lib:libgstcontroller_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
+	lib:libgstnet_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
+	lib:libgstreamer_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -34,10 +36,11 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	gstreamer${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
-	devel:libgstbase_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1602.0 compat >= 0
-	devel:libgstcontroller_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1602.0 compat >= 0
-	devel:libgstnet_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1602.0 compat >= 0
-	devel:libgstreamer_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1602.0 compat >= 0
+	devel:libgstbase_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
+	devel:libgstcheck_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
+	devel:libgstcontroller_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
+	devel:libgstnet_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
+	devel:libgstreamer_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.1800.0 compat >= 0
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	gstreamer$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
@@ -52,15 +55,14 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	cmd:aclocal
-	cmd:autoconf
 	cmd:bison
 	cmd:flex
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:grep
 	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
+	cmd:meson
+	cmd:ninja
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:python
 	cmd:python3
@@ -69,23 +71,28 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	runConfigure ./configure \
-		--disable-gst-debug \
-		--disable-debug \
-		--disable-tests \
-		--disable-failing-tests \
-		--disable-check \
-		--disable-examples \
-		--disable-nls \
-		LIBS=-lnetwork
-	make $jobArgs
+	export CFLAGS="-lnetwork"
+
+	meson build \
+		--prefix=$prefix \
+		--bindir=$binDir \
+		--libdir=$libDir \
+		--libexecdir=$libDir \
+		--datadir=$dataDir \
+		--mandir=$manDir \
+		--includedir=$includeDir \
+		-D doc=disabled \
+		-D package-name="GStreamer (Haiku)" \
+		-D package-origin="https://www.haiku-os.org/" \
+		-D examples=disabled \
+		-D nls=disabled
+
+	meson compile -C build
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	make install
-
-	rm $libDir/libgst*.la $libDir/gstreamer-1.0/*.la
+	meson install -C build
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libgstreamer-1.0 libgstbase-1.0 \
 		libgstcontroller-1.0 libgstnet-1.0
@@ -95,8 +102,5 @@ INSTALL()
 	rm -rf $includeDir/gstreamer-1.0
 
 	# devel package
-	packageEntries devel \
-			$developDir \
-			$dataDir/aclocal \
-			$dataDir/gtk-doc
+	packageEntries devel $developDir
 }