diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_check.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_check.yml
index cf16019a6..cfb1161e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_check.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and deploy to TestPyPI
         if: steps.duplicate_check.outputs.should_skip != 'true'
         run: |
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(sed -n 's/__version__ = "\(.*\)"/\1/p' psydac/version.py)
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep 'version *= *"\([0-9\.]*\)"' pyproject.toml | grep '[0-9\.]*' -o)
           TEST_VERSION=${CURRENT_VERSION}.dev$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
-          sed -i.bak "s/${CURRENT_VERSION}/${TEST_VERSION}/g" psydac/version.py && rm psydac/version.py.bak
+          sed -i.bak "s/\"${CURRENT_VERSION}\"/\"${TEST_VERSION}\"/g" pyproject.toml && rm pyproject.toml.bak
           echo "TEST_VERSION=${TEST_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # Setup dummy user to save temp version for meson
+          git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
+          git config --global user.name "Your Name"
+          git commit -m "Save temp version" pyproject.toml
           python -m build --sdist
           ls dist/*
           twine check --strict dist/*
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 366b7b8d6..c30e31fc5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "external/igakit"]
-	path = external/igakit
+[submodule "subprojects/igakit"]
+	path = subprojects/igakit
 	url = https://github.com/dalcinl/igakit/
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..393112bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+project(
+  'psydac',
+  'c', 'fortran',
+  meson_version: '>=1.1.0',
+)
+
+run_command('pyccel', 'make', '-g', 'psydac/**/*_kernels.py', '--convert-only',
+    check: true)
+
+find = find_program('find', required: true)
+
+pyccel_meson_math_file = run_command(find, '__pyccel__/math', '-name', 'meson.build',
+    check: true).stdout().strip()
+pyccel_meson_cwrapper_file = run_command(find, '__pyccel__/cwrapper', '-name', 'meson.build',
+    check: true).stdout().strip()
+pyccel_meson_files = run_command(find, '__pyccel__/psydac', '-name', 'meson.build',
+    check: true).stdout().split()
+
+sed = find_program('sed', required: true)
+
+run_command(sed, '-i.swp', 's/install: true//g', pyccel_meson_math_file, pyccel_meson_cwrapper_file,
+    check: true)
+
+foreach f : pyccel_meson_files
+  f_parts = f.split('/')
+  rel_f = f_parts.get(1)
+  foreach i : range(2, f_parts.length()-1)
+      rel_f = rel_f / f_parts.get(i)
+  endforeach
+  run_command(sed, '-i.swp', 's/install_dir: .*/subdir: \'' + rel_f.replace('/','\/') + '\',/g', f,
+      check: true)
+endforeach
+
+
+igakit_proj = subproject('igakit')
+
+py = import('python').find_installation(modules: ['numpy'], pure: false)
+
+subdir('__pyccel__/math')
+subdir('__pyccel__/cwrapper')
+subdir('__pyccel__/psydac')
+
+# Install the pure-Python package itself
+install_subdir('psydac', install_dir: py.get_install_dir())
+install_subdir('mesh', install_dir: py.get_install_dir())
+
+
diff --git a/psydac/version.py b/psydac/version.py
index 567ce4fc2..3652431d0 100644
--- a/psydac/version.py
+++ b/psydac/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,33 @@
 # LICENSE file or go to https://github.com/pyccel/psydac/blob/devel/LICENSE #
 # for full license details.                                                 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-__version__ = "0.1"
+def extract_version() -> str:
+    """
+    Returns either the version of the installed package (e.g. "0.17.1") or the
+    one found in pyproject.toml (e.g. "0.17.1-dev (at /project/location)").
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+        The package version.
+
+    See also
+    --------
+    https://stackoverflow.com/a/76206192
+
+    """
+    from contextlib import suppress
+    from pathlib    import Path
+
+    with suppress(FileNotFoundError, StopIteration):
+        root_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+        with open(root_dir / "pyproject.toml", encoding="utf-8") as pyproject_toml:
+            version_line = next(line for line in pyproject_toml if line.startswith("version"))
+            version = version_line.split("=")[1].strip("'\"\n ")
+            return f"{version}-dev (at {root_dir})"
+
+    import importlib.metadata
+    return importlib.metadata.version(__package__)
+
+
+__version__ = extract_version()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 59c36fd15..91b514045 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 64.0, != 67.2.0", "wheel", "numpy", "pyccel >= 2.1.0"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["meson-python", "wheel", "numpy", "pyccel >= 2.1.0"]
+build-backend = "mesonpy"
 
 [project]
 name            = "psydac"
 description     = "Python package for isogeometric analysis (IGA)"
-dynamic         = ["version"]
 readme          = "README.md"
 license         = "MIT"
 license-files   = ["LICENSE", "AUTHORS"]
+version         = "0.1"
 requires-python = ">= 3.10"
 authors         = [
     {name = "PSYDAC development team", email = "psydac@googlegroups.com"}
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ dependencies = [
     # When pyccel is run in parallel with MPI, it uses tblib to pickle
     # tracebacks, which allows mpi4py to broadcast exceptions
     'tblib',
-
-    # IGAKIT - not on PyPI
-    'igakit @ https://github.com/dalcinl/igakit/archive/refs/heads/master.zip'
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -73,13 +70,10 @@ Repository    = "https://github.com/pyccel/psydac.git"
 psydac-mesh = "psydac.cmd.mesh:main"
 psydac-accelerate = "psydac.cmd.accelerate:main"
 
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-include = ["psydac*"]
-exclude = ["*__psydac__*"]
-namespaces = false
-
-[tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"*" = ["*.txt", "**/tests/data/*.png"]
+[tool.meson-python.args]
+setup=['-Ddefault_library=static']
+dist=['--include-subprojects']
+install=['--only=python-modules']
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true
diff --git a/external/igakit b/subprojects/igakit
similarity index 100%
rename from external/igakit
rename to subprojects/igakit