diff --git a/meson-template.SlackBuild b/meson-template.SlackBuild
index 2e80332..0dce0f0 100644
--- a/meson-template.SlackBuild
+++ b/meson-template.SlackBuild
@@ -115,22 +115,20 @@ find . ! -type l    -a \( \
 # these are provided as an example only.
 # Be sure to build only shared libraries unless there's some need for
 # static.
-mkdir build
-cd build
-  CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-  CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-  meson .. \
-    --buildtype=release \
-    --infodir=/usr/info \
-    --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
-    --localstatedir=/var \
-    --mandir=/usr/man \
-    --prefix=/usr \
-    --sysconfdir=/etc \
-    -Dstrip=true
-  "${NINJA:=ninja}"
-  DESTDIR=$PKG $NINJA install
-cd ..
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+meson setup \
+  --buildtype=release \
+  --infodir=/usr/info \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  -Dstrip=true \
+  build/
+"${NINJA:=ninja}" -C build/
+DESTDIR=$PKG $NINJA -C build/ install
 
 # Don't ship .la files:
 rm -f $PKG/{,usr/}lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.la