diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index fd1e9ba..8a65ba5 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ skip_tags: false
 
 install:
   - ps: |
-      $latest = (Invoke-WebRequest "http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/LATEST").toString();
-      $url = "http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/$($latest)/dmd.$($latest).windows.7z";
+      #$latest = (Invoke-WebRequest "http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/LATEST").toString();
+      #$url = "http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/$($latest)/dmd.$($latest).windows.7z";
+      $url = "http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.088.1/dmd.2.088.1.windows.7z"
       (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, "C:\dmd.7z");
       7z x C:\dmd.7z -oC:\ > $null;
       $env:DC="dmd"
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 945fad4..f32e263 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,130 @@
 language: d
 addons:
   apt:
+    update: true
     packages:
-    - libevent-dev
-    - libssl-dev
-    - pkg-config
-    - zlib1g-dev
-matrix:
+      - libevent-dev
+      - libssl-dev
+      - pkg-config
+      - zlib1g-dev
+      - ninja-build
+      - python3
+      - python3-pip
+      - python3-setuptools
+#      - meson # is too old
+  homebrew:
+    update: true
+    packages:
+      - ninja
+      - python
+#      - meson # is too old
+jobs:
   include:
-    - d: dmd
+    - name: "ldc-latest D compiler on Xenial Linux using dub"
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      d: ldc
+      env: 
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='dub'
+    - name: "ldc-latest D compiler on Xenial Linux using meson"
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      d: ldc
+      env: 
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='meson'
+    - name: "dmd-latest D compiler on Xenial Linux using dub"
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      d: dmd
+      env:
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='dub'
+    - name: "dmd-2.088.1 D compiler on Xenial Linux using dub"
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      d: dmd-2.088.1
       env:
         - COVERAGE=true
-        - { secure: 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 }
-      script: ./travis.sh
-      after_success: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
-    - os: osx
+        - BUILD_TOOL='dub'
+    - name: "dmd-latest D compiler on Xenial Linux using meson"
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
       d: dmd
       env:
-        - COVERAGE=true
-      script: ./travis.sh
-      after_success: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='meson'
+    - name: "dmd-2.088.1 D compiler on Xenial Linux using meson"
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      d: dmd-2.088.1
+      env:
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='meson'
+    - name: "dmd-nightly D compiler on Xenial Linux using dub"
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      d: dmd-nightly
+      env:
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='dub'
+    - name: "dmd-latest D compiler on macOS using dub"
+      os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode11.2
+      d: dmd
+      env:
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='dub'
+    - name: "dmd-2.088.1 D compiler on macOS using dub"
+      os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode11.2
+      d: dmd-2.088.1
+      env:
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='dub'
+  allow_failures:
+    - d: dmd-nightly
+    - d: dmd
+      env: 
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='dub'
+    - d: dmd
+      env: 
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='meson'
+    - d: ldc
+      env: 
+        - COVERAGE=false
+        - BUILD_TOOL='dub'
+
+before_deploy:
+  - |
+    dub build -b ddox
+    # push docs to gh-pages branch
+    cd docs || exit 1
+    git init
+    git config user.name 'Travis-CI'
+    git config user.email '<>'
+    git add .
+    git commit -m 'Deployed to Github Pages'
+    git push --force --quiet "https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" master:gh-pages
+
+deploy:
+  provider: pages
+  api_key:
+    secure: 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
+  cleanup: true
+  keep_history: true
+  on:
+    branch: master
+    condition: $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = "linux"
+
+
+script:
+  - ./travis.sh
+    
+
 branches:
   only:
     - master
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6434d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+project('io', 'd', default_options: ['optimization=3'], version: '0.2.3', license: 'BSL-1.0' )
+common_project_arguments = ['-release'] #, '--d-debug'
+add_project_arguments(common_project_arguments, language: 'd')
+
+# semver
+version = meson.project_version().split('.')
+major_version = version[0].to_int()
+minor_version = version[1].to_int()
+micro_version = version[2].to_int()
+
+# base
+dc = meson.get_compiler('d')
+
+# Source files
+
+sources = [ 'src/std/io/driver/package.d',
+            'src/std/io/driver/sync.d',
+            'src/std/io/exception.d',
+            'src/std/io/file.d',
+            'src/std/io/internal/iovec.d',
+            'src/std/io/internal/string.d',
+            'src/std/io/net/addr.d',
+            'src/std/io/net/dns.d',
+            'src/std/io/net/package.d',
+            'src/std/io/net/socket.d',
+            'src/std/io/net/tcp.d',
+            'src/std/io/net/udp.d',
+            'src/std/io/package.d'
+]
+inc_dir =  include_directories('src/')
+
+# Compiler and linker flags
+common_dflags = []
+common_ldflags = []
+
+# library
+if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+  common_ldflags += [ '-Wl,-z,relro', '-Wl,-z,now' ]
+endif
+
+lib_type = get_option('default_library')
+if lib_type == 'shared' 
+    libio_soname = 'lib@0@.so.@1@'.format(meson.project_name(), major_version)
+    common_ldflags += ['-shared' ]
+    if dc.get_id() == 'llvm'
+        common_ldflags += [ '-soname', libio_soname ]
+    endif 
+endif
+
+
+io_lib = library(meson.project_name(),
+    sources,
+    include_directories: inc_dir,
+    link_args : common_ldflags,
+    install: true,
+    version: meson.project_version(),
+    d_unittest: false
+)
+
+
+io_dep = declare_dependency(
+    link_with: [io_lib],
+    include_directories: inc_dir,
+    dependencies: [],
+)
+
+if get_option('run_test')
+    configure_file(input: 'LICENSE.txt', output:'LICENSE.txt', copy: true)
+    io_test_exe = executable(meson.project_name() + '-test', 
+            sources, include_directories: inc_dir, 
+            d_unittest: true, 
+            link_args: ['-main'],
+            d_args: ['-cov'] 
+    )
+    test(meson.project_name() + '-test', io_test_exe)
+endif
+
+# Compat variables for pkgconfig
+pkg = import('pkgconfig')
+pkg.generate(io_lib,
+    description: 'Core I/O functionality.',
+    subdirs: 'd/' + meson.project_name(),
+    url: 'https://github.com/MartinNowak/io'
+)
+
+
+install_subdir('src/',
+    strip_directory : true,
+    install_dir: 'include/d/' + meson.project_name(),
+)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..907376e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+option('run_test', type : 'boolean', value : false)
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index 3250049..047b43f 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -8,21 +8,22 @@ fi
 
 : ${CONFIG:=library} # env CONFIG=dip1000 ./travis.sh
 
-if [ -n "${COVERAGE:-}" ]; then
-    dub test -b unittest-cov -c $CONFIG
-else
-    dub test -c $CONFIG
-fi
-
-if [ ! -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-    dub build -b ddox
+case "${BUILD_TOOL}" in
+    meson)
+      pip3 install --user --upgrade pip
+      pip install --user --upgrade meson
+      meson builddir -Drun_test=true
+      ninja -C builddir test
+      ;;
+    dub)
+      dub test -c ${CONFIG}
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo 'Unknown build tool named: '"${BUILD_TOOL}"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+esac
 
-    # push docs to gh-pages branch
-    cd docs
-    git init
-    git config user.name 'Travis-CI'
-    git config user.email '<>'
-    git add .
-    git commit -m 'Deployed to Github Pages'
-    git push --force --quiet "https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" master:gh-pages
+if "${COVERAGE}"; then
+    dub test -b unittest-cov -c ${CONFIG}
 fi