diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57fb3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+project('patchmatch', 'cpp',
+  version : '1.0.2',
+  default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'cpp_std=c++17'])
+
+opencv_dep = dependency('opencv4', required: true)
+
+py = import('python').find_installation(pure: false)
+
+csrc_files = files(
+  'patchmatch/csrc/inpaint.cpp',
+  'patchmatch/csrc/masked_image.cpp',
+  'patchmatch/csrc/nnf.cpp',
+  'patchmatch/csrc/pyinterface.cpp'
+)
+
+
+libpatchmatch = shared_library('patchmatch',
+  csrc_files,
+  install : true,
+  install_dir: py.get_install_dir() / 'patchmatch',
+  dependencies: [opencv_dep])
+
+py.install_sources(['patchmatch/__init__.py', 'patchmatch/patch_match.py'], subdir: 'patchmatch')
+
diff --git a/patchmatch/patch_match.py b/patchmatch/patch_match.py
index 5d799ab..7aece21 100644
--- a/patchmatch/patch_match.py
+++ b/patchmatch/patch_match.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 
 import ctypes
+import importlib.resources
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -155,39 +156,21 @@ def download_url_to_file(url, dst, hash_prefix=None, progress=True):
             # Store patchmatch library name
             if lib_name.startswith("libpatchmatch_"):
                 pypatchmatch_lib = lib_name
+    elif "darwin" in platform_slug:
+        pypatchmatch_lib = "libpatchmatch.dylib"
 
-    # Compile if we didn't find a platform-compatible version (and it's not compiled already)
     if pypatchmatch_lib is None:
         pypatchmatch_lib = "libpatchmatch.so"
-        if not os.path.exists(osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), pypatchmatch_lib)):
-            import subprocess
 
-            # Streams make will write to
-            # TODO: use user-configured log-level to control this
-            make_stdout = subprocess.DEVNULL
-            make_stderr = subprocess.DEVNULL
-
-            if os.environ.get("INVOKEAI_DEBUG_PATCHMATCH"):
-                make_stdout = None
-                make_stderr = None
-
-            logger.info(
-                'Compiling and loading c extensions from "{}".'.format(
-                    osp.realpath(osp.dirname(__file__))
-                )
-            )
-            # subprocess.check_call(['./travis.sh'], cwd=osp.dirname(__file__))
-            # TODO: pipe output to logger instead of just swallowing it
-            subprocess.run(
-                "make clean && make",
-                cwd=osp.dirname(__file__),
-                shell=True,
-                check=True,
-                stdout=make_stdout,
-                stderr=make_stderr,
-            )
+    # use importlib to find the resolve the library location so it works under
+    # both editable and built installations
+    patchmatch_filename = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath(pypatchmatch_lib)
+    if not os.path.exists(patchmatch_filename):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"library not found at {patchmatch_filename}")
+    else:
+        logger.debug(f"library found at {patchmatch_filename}")
 
-    PMLIB = ctypes.CDLL(osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), pypatchmatch_lib))
+    PMLIB = ctypes.CDLL(patchmatch_filename)
     patchmatch_available = True
 
     PMLIB.PM_set_random_seed.argtypes = [ctypes.c_uint]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba9330d..43e8ff1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-build-backend="setuptools.build_meta"
-requires=["setuptools == 67.1.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = 'mesonpy'
+requires = ['meson-python']
 
 [project]
 authors=[
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ requires-python=">=3.9,<3.13"
 [project.urls]
 'Source Code'='https://github.com/mauwii/PyPatchMatch'
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version={attr="patchmatch.__version__"}
-
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-include=["patchmatch", "patchmatch.csrc"]
-
-[tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"patchmatch"=['Makefile', 'csrc/*', 'travis.sh']
-
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 "dev"=["black", "flake8", "flake8-black", "isort", "pre-commit", "pylance"]
 "dist"=[