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+watchdog_headers = include_directories('.')
+
+# CLI11 might not have a pkg-config. It is header only so just make
+# sure we can access the needed symbols from the header.
+cli11_dep = dependency('cli11', required: false)
+has_cli11 = meson.get_compiler('cpp').has_header_symbol(
+  'CLI/CLI.hpp',
+  'CLI::App',
+  dependencies: cli11_dep,
+  required: false)
+if not has_cli11
+  cli11_proj = subproject('cli11', required: false)
+  assert(cli11_proj.found(), 'CLI11 is required')
+  cli11_dep = cli11_proj.get_variable('CLI11_dep')
+endif
+
+watchdog_deps = [
+  cli11_dep,
+  dependency('phosphor-dbus-interfaces'),
+  dependency('phosphor-logging'),
+  dependency('sdbusplus', fallback: ['sdbusplus', 'sdbusplus_dep']),
+  dependency('sdeventplus', fallback: ['sdeventplus', 'sdeventplus_dep']),
+]
+
+watchdog_lib = static_library(
+  'watchdog',
+  'watchdog.cpp',
+  implicit_include_directories: false,
+  include_directories: watchdog_headers,
+  dependencies: watchdog_deps)
+
+watchdog_dep = declare_dependency(
+  dependencies: watchdog_deps,
+  include_directories: watchdog_headers,
+  link_with: watchdog_lib)
+
+executable(
+  'phosphor-watchdog',
+  'mainapp.cpp',
+  implicit_include_directories: false,
+  dependencies: watchdog_dep,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: get_option('bindir'))