diff --git a/x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf/gdk_pixbuf-2.36.12.recipe b/x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf/gdk_pixbuf-2.42.2.recipe
similarity index 59%
rename from x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf/gdk_pixbuf-2.36.12.recipe
rename to x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf/gdk_pixbuf-2.42.2.recipe
index 7d8c38ad5..ff85d8a47 100644
--- a/x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf/gdk_pixbuf-2.36.12.recipe
+++ b/x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf/gdk_pixbuf-2.42.2.recipe
@@ -7,31 +7,28 @@ GdkRGB buffers.
 * Fast scaling and compositing of pixbufs.
 * Simple animation loading (ie. animated GIFs)"
 HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GdkPixbuf"
-COPYRIGHT="1999-2018 Gnome Project"
+COPYRIGHT="1999-2020 Gnome Project"
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2.1"
-REVISION="2"
-SOURCE_URI="https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.36/gdk-pixbuf-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="fff85cf48223ab60e3c3c8318e2087131b590fd6f1737e42cb3759a3b427a334"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdk-pixbuf/${portVersion%.*}/gdk-pixbuf-$portVersion.tar.xz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="83c66a1cfd591d7680c144d2922c5955d38b4db336d7cd3ee109f7bcf9afef15"
 SOURCE_DIR="gdk-pixbuf-$portVersion"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
-libVersion="0.3612.0"
+libVersion="0.4200.2"
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	gdk_pixbuf$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	cmd:gdk_pixbuf_csource$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	cmd:gdk_pixbuf_pixdata$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	cmd:gdk_pixbuf_query_loaders$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	cmd:gdk_pixbuf_thumbnailer$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
 	lib:libgdk_pixbuf_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libffi$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libgio_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgirepository_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libglib_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libgmodule_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libgobject_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -51,60 +48,78 @@ REQUIRES_devel="
 	gdk_pixbuf$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
 	"
 
+PROVIDES_tools="
+	gdk_pixbuf${secondaryArchSuffix}_tools = $portVersion
+	cmd:gdk_pixbuf_csource$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:gdk_pixbuf_pixdata$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:gdk_pixbuf_query_loaders$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:gdk_pixbuf_thumbnailer$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES_tools="
+	gdk_pixbuf$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgio_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libglib_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgmodule_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgobject_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
 	shared_mime_info$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libglib_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix >= 0.4800
+	devel:libgirepository_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libglib_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libjpeg$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libpng16$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libtiff$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	cmd:aclocal
-	cmd:autoconf
-	cmd:autoheader
-	cmd:automake
-	cmd:awk
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:make
+	cmd:meson
+	cmd:ninja
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:python2
 	"
 
 defineDebugInfoPackage gdk_pixbuf$secondaryArchSuffix  \
-	"$binDir"/gdk-pixbuf-csource \
-	"$binDir"/gdk-pixbuf-pixdata \
-	"$binDir"/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders \
-	"$binDir"/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer \
+	"$(getPackagePrefix tools)/$relativeBinDir"/gdk-pixbuf-csource \
+	"$(getPackagePrefix tools)/$relativeBinDir"/gdk-pixbuf-pixdata \
+	"$(getPackagePrefix tools)/$relativeBinDir"/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders \
+	"$(getPackagePrefix tools)/$relativeBinDir"/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer \
 	"$libDir"/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.$libVersion
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	runConfigure ./configure
-	make $jobArgs
+	meson build \
+		--prefix=$prefix \
+		--bindir=$binDir \
+		--datadir=$dataDir \
+		--includedir=$includeDir \
+		--libdir=$libDir \
+		--libexecdir=$libDir \
+		--localedir=$dataDir/locale \
+		-D installed_tests=false
+	ninja -C build $jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	make install
+	ninja -C build install
 
-	rm $libDir/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.la
-	rm $libDir/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-*.la
-
-	prepareInstalledDevelLibs \
+	prepareInstalledDevelLib \
 		libgdk_pixbuf-2.0
 	fixPkgconfig
 
-	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
-		rm -rf $dataDir/gtk-doc $manDir
-	fi
-
 	packageEntries devel \
 		$developDir
+
+	packageEntries tools \
+		$binDir
 }
 
 TEST()
 {
-	make check
+	:
+	# tests fail/crash (also with previous version)
+	# meson test -C build --print-errorlogs
 }