diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 050320de0eda6d21b7049b2698ae7496db1575d2..b3db515eab884d0754f1388653ef914069b8203d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /subprojects/*/
 .flatpak-builder/
+.vscode/
+subprojects/*.wrap
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/.lock b/.gitlab-ci/.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat b/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
index ff6b0853665bac21574009ec2061d447f2c5a0cb..4d54a0881a580fee766bd2490459fe1c124cebff 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliar
 @echo on
 
 :: FIXME: make warnings fatal
-pip3 install --upgrade --user meson~=0.64 || goto :error
+pip3 install --upgrade --user meson~=1.2 || goto :error
 meson setup -Dbackend_max_links=1 -Ddebug=false -Dmedia-gstreamer=disabled -Dvulkan=disabled _build || goto :error
 ninja -C _build || goto :error
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4ff564f59887b17a1c1938b0f396f393f76154e1..cc7bb83718eb3b913e6cd53452744ff1ee793d5c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project('gtk', 'c',
           # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/2289
           'c_std=gnu99',
         ],
-        meson_version : '>= 0.63.0',
+        meson_version : '>= 1.2.0',
         license: 'LGPL-2.1-or-later')
 
 # keep these numbers in sync with wrap files where there exist
@@ -428,7 +428,10 @@ gi_dep            = dependency('gobject-introspection-1.0', version: introspecti
                                required: get_option('introspection').enabled() and
                                          get_option('build-tests'))
 gstplayer_dep     = dependency('gstreamer-player-1.0', version: gstreamer_req,
-                               required: get_option('media-gstreamer'))
+                               required: get_option('media-gstreamer'),
+                               default_options: [
+                                 'python=disabled',
+                               ])
 gstgl_dep         = dependency('gstreamer-gl-1.0', version: gstreamer_req,
                                required: get_option('media-gstreamer'))
 gstallocators_dep = dependency('gstreamer-allocators-1.0', version: gstreamer_req,
@@ -923,6 +926,10 @@ subdir('po')
 
 subdir('docs/reference')
 
+devenv = environment()
+devenv.set('GTK_PATH', meson.current_build_dir() / 'modules')
+meson.add_devenv(devenv)
+
 if not meson.is_cross_build()
   gnome.post_install(
     glib_compile_schemas: true,
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer-full.wrap b/subprojects/gstreamer-full.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1ca3757900686ea9adbaf01627c9a1c2e3ec0fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer-full.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory=gstreamer
+url=https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer.git
+revision=1.24
+depth=1
+
+[provide]
+dependency_names = gstreamer-1.0, gstreamer-player-1.0, gstreamer-gl-1.0
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