diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 45cf0f36..45ae709b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,20 @@ stages:
     - make distcheck
     - shellcheck -S error scripts/plymouth-*
 
+.meson-build: &meson-build
+  script:
+    - meson _build
+    - cd _build
+    - ninja dist
+    - shellcheck -S error scripts/plymouth-*
+
 fedora-x86_64:
   stage: build
   image: 'registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:37'
   before_script:
-    - dnf install -y gcc libtool intltool gtk3-devel git libpng-devel gettext-devel libxslt docbook-style-xsl cairo-devel systemd-devel systemd-udev kernel-headers libdrm-devel pango-devel make ShellCheck uncrustify patchutils
+    - dnf install -y gcc gtk3-devel git libpng-devel gettext-devel libxslt docbook-style-xsl cairo-devel systemd-devel systemd-udev kernel-headers libdrm-devel pango-devel make ShellCheck uncrustify patchutils meson
   <<: *check-format
-  <<: *autotools-build
+  <<: *meson-build
   only:
     - merge_requests
 
@@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ debian-unstable-x86_64:
   image: debian:unstable
   before_script:
     - apt-get update -qq
-    - apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends autoconf automake autopoint bc build-essential docbook-xsl gcc gettext git intltool libdrm-dev libgtk-3-dev libpango1.0-dev libpng-dev libtool libudev-dev make pkg-config libsystemd-dev udev xsltproc shellcheck uncrustify patchutils
+    - apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends bc build-essential docbook-xsl gcc gettext git libdrm-dev libgtk-3-dev libpango1.0-dev libpng-dev libudev-dev make pkg-config libsystemd-dev udev xsltproc shellcheck uncrustify patchutils meson
   <<: *autotools-build
   only:
     - merge_requests