diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 09d25de1..4d25b848 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 gnome-shell-extensions (3.27.91-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream development release
+  * Build with meson
   * Drop places-menu-Don-t-force-dispose-of-uninitialized-proxies.patch &
     dont-require-nautilus-classic.patch: Applied in new release
 
- -- Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>  Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:30:21 -0500
+ -- Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>  Fri, 22 Feb 2018 19:30:21 -0500
 
 gnome-shell-extensions (3.26.2-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c2bb03ee..695b5fbc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ Section: gnome
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>, Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
-               pkg-config (>= 0.22),
-               gettext,
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11.1.3),
                gnome-pkg-tools,
-               libgnome-desktop-3-dev (>= 3.2.0),
+               meson (>= 0.44.0),
 Standards-Version: 4.1.2
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-shell-extensions
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-shell-extensions.git
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 5205915d..4019904a 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ Section: gnome
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: @GNOME_TEAM@
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
-               pkg-config (>= 0.22),
-               gettext,
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11.1.3),
                gnome-pkg-tools,
-               libgnome-desktop-3-dev (>= 3.2.0),
+               meson (>= 0.44.0),
 Standards-Version: 4.1.2
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-shell-extensions
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-shell-extensions.git
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 7b26b7e8..0ec0afc2 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 -include /usr/share/gnome-pkg-tools/1/rules/gnome-get-source.mk
 
-EXTENSIONS_ENABLED="alternate-tab apps-menu auto-move-windows \
- drive-menu launch-new-instance native-window-placement places-menu \
- screenshot-window-sizer user-theme window-list windowsNavigator \
- workspace-indicator"
+EXTENSIONS_ENABLED="[alternate-tab, apps-menu, places-menu, \
+ launch-new-instance, window-list, \
+ drive-menu, screenshot-window-sizer, \
+ windowsNavigator, workspace-indicator, \
+ auto-move-windows, native-window-placement, user-theme]"
 
 EXTENSIONS_DISABLED="example"
 
@@ -13,5 +14,5 @@ EXTENSIONS_DISABLED="example"
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
-		--enable-extensions=$(EXTENSIONS_ENABLED) \
-		--enable-classic-mode
+		-Denable-extensions=$(EXTENSIONS_ENABLED) \
+		-Dclassic_mode=true