diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.7.8.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.7.9.bb
similarity index 68%
rename from poky/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.7.8.bb
rename to poky/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.7.9.bb
index 0306b04..29a2827 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.7.8.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-gnome/libnotify/libnotify_0.7.9.bb
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
 
 DEPENDS = "dbus gtk+3 glib-2.0"
 
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
+GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"
+GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = "enabled"
+GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = "disabled"
 inherit gnomebase gtk-doc features_check gobject-introspection
 # depends on gtk+3
 ANY_OF_DISTRO_FEATURES = "${GTK3DISTROFEATURES}"
 
-SRC_URI[archive.md5sum] = "babb4b07b5f21bef42a386d3d7019599"
-SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "69209e0b663776a00c7b6c0e560302a8dbf66b2551d55616304f240bba66e18c"
+SRC_URI[archive.md5sum] = "ccd9c53364174cc8d13e18a1988faa76"
+SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "66c0517ed16df7af258e83208faaf5069727dfd66995c4bbc51c16954d674761"
+
+EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dman=false"
 
 # there were times, we had two versions of libnotify (oe-core libnotify:0.6.x /
 # meta-gnome libnotify3: 0.7.x)