diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 8851afde7d..d50818e6a9 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ filetypes_dist = \
 	filedefs/filetypes.makefile \
 	filedefs/filetypes.markdown \
 	filedefs/filetypes.matlab \
+	filedefs/filetypes.Meson.conf \
 	filedefs/filetypes.Nim.conf \
 	filedefs/filetypes.nsis \
 	filedefs/filetypes.objectivec \
diff --git a/data/filedefs/filetypes.Meson.conf b/data/filedefs/filetypes.Meson.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc842446a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/filedefs/filetypes.Meson.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[styling=Python]
+
+[keywords]
+primary=and break continue elif else endforeach endif false foreach if in not or true
+identifiers=add_global_arguments add_global_link_arguments add_languages add_project_arguments add_project_link_arguments add_test_setup alias_target assert benchmark both_libraries build_target configuration_data configure_file custom_target declare_dependency dependency disabler environment error executable files find_library find_program generator get_option get_variable import include_directories install_data install_headers install_man install_subdir is_disabler is_variable jar join_paths library message project run_command run_target set_variable shared_library shared_module static_library subdir subdir_done subproject summary test vcs_tag warning
+
+[lexer_properties=Python]
+
+[settings]
+lexer_filetype=Python
+extension=build
+comment_single=#
+mime_type=text/x-meson
diff --git a/data/filetype_extensions.conf b/data/filetype_extensions.conf
index 50fbff4c4d..1d8e338d69 100644
--- a/data/filetype_extensions.conf
+++ b/data/filetype_extensions.conf
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Lua=*.lua;
 Make=*.mak;*.mk;GNUmakefile;makefile;Makefile;makefile.*;Makefile.*;
 Markdown=*.mdml;*.markdown;*.md;*.mkd;*.mkdn;*.mdwn;*.mdown;*.mdtxt;*.mdtext;
 Matlab/Octave=*.m;
+Meson=meson.build;
 Nim=*.nim;
 NSIS=*.nsi;*.nsh;
 Objective-C=*.m;*.mm;*.h;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ None=*;
 # Note: restarting is required after editing groups
 [Groups]
 Programming=Arduino;Clojure;CUDA;Cython;Genie;Groovy;Kotlin;Nim;Scala;Swift;
-Script=Graphviz;TypeScript;
+Script=Graphviz;TypeScript;Meson;
 Markup=
 Misc=JSON;
 None=