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+# Rules for building with Meson
+
+project(
+  'hostlogger',
+  'cpp',
+  default_options: [
+   'warning_level=3',
+   'werror=true',
+   'cpp_std=c++17',
+  ],
+  license: 'Apache-2.0',
+)
+
+# version info from git
+version = vcs_tag(command: [ 'git', 'describe', '--always', '--dirty', '--long' ],
+                  input: 'src/version.hpp.in',
+                  output: 'version.hpp')
+
+# unit tests
+build_tests = get_option('tests')
+subdir('test')
+
+# install systemd unit template file
+systemd = dependency('systemd')
+systemd_system_unit_dir = systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable(
+  'systemdsystemunitdir',
+  define_variable: ['prefix', get_option('prefix')],
+)
+configure_file(
+  copy: true,
+  input: 'hostlogger@.service',
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: systemd_system_unit_dir,
+  output: 'hostlogger@.service'
+)
+
+executable(
+  'hostlogger',
+  [
+    version,
+    'src/config.cpp',
+    'src/dbus_loop.cpp',
+    'src/file_storage.cpp',
+    'src/host_console.cpp',
+    'src/log_buffer.cpp',
+    'src/main.cpp',
+    'src/service.cpp',
+    'src/zlib_exception.cpp',
+    'src/zlib_file.cpp',
+  ],
+  dependencies: [
+    systemd,
+    dependency('phosphor-logging'),
+    dependency('zlib'),
+  ],
+  install: true
+)