diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f65b817..1528611 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project('upower', 'c',
         'warning_level=1',
         'c_std=gnu99',
     ],
-    meson_version: '>= 0.56.0')
+    meson_version: '>= 0.60.0')
 
 soversion = 3
 current = 1
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index a2352ac..f072328 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ up_self_test = executable('up_self_test',
 # Data/Config files
 #############
 
-install_subdir('does-not-exist', install_dir: historydir, strip_directory : true)
+install_emptydir(historydir)
 
 cdata = configuration_data()
 cdata.set('libexecdir', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libexecdir'))