diff --git a/build/flatpak/org.pitivi.Pitivi.json b/build/flatpak/org.pitivi.Pitivi.json
index f1b33c7a7ce17c9664813440f4fe501a5e9f7cda..939d0e55b80cf0e5d3eb21c15d8424541efb2b60 100644
--- a/build/flatpak/org.pitivi.Pitivi.json
+++ b/build/flatpak/org.pitivi.Pitivi.json
@@ -36,6 +36,22 @@
         "python3-matplotlib.json",
         "libcanberra/libcanberra.json",
         "python3-librosa.json",
+        {
+            "name": "meson",
+            "buildsystem": "simple",
+            "ensure-writable": ["easy-install.pth"],
+            "build-commands": [
+               "mkdir -p /app/lib/python3.10/site-packages",
+               "PYTHONUSERBASE=/app/ python3 setup.py install --prefix=/app"
+            ],
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "type": "archive",
+                    "url": "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/1.1.0/meson-1.1.0.tar.gz",
+                    "sha256": "d9616c44cd6c53689ff8f05fc6958a693f2e17c3472a8daf83cee55dabff829f"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "name": "gsound",
             "buildsystem": "meson",
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4435353df46b2198a77cda3d64c6100f05a7d407..b9dbff5617ecac204505fdd23269a02fbf2c672c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('pitivi', 'c', version : '2023.03', meson_version : '>= 0.46.0')
+project('pitivi', 'c', version : '2023.03', meson_version : '>= 1.1.0')
 host_system = host_machine.system()
 
 pymod = import('python')