diff --git a/fdpp/hdr b/fdpp/hdr
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..a82761a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/hdr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../hdr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/include b/fdpp/include
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..f5030fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/include
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../include
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel/hdr b/fdpp/kernel/hdr
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..a82761a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/kernel/hdr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../hdr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel/include b/fdpp/kernel/include
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..f5030fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/kernel/include
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../include
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel.ld b/fdpp/kernel/kernel.ld
similarity index 100%
rename from fdpp/kernel.ld
rename to fdpp/kernel/kernel.ld
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel/makefile b/fdpp/kernel/makefile
index e5985785..f36025c0 100644
--- a/fdpp/kernel/makefile
+++ b/fdpp/kernel/makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ endif
 # given the names are fixed. Also $(TARGET).% won't work that way at all:
 # you need to explicitly list all files that are created simultaneously,
 # and yet use pattern in all of them.
-DEPS_OF_ELF = $(srcdir)/$(T)/kernel.ld $(OBJS) $(PPOBJS) $(DOBJS)
+DEPS_OF_ELF = $(srcdir)/kernel.ld $(OBJS) $(PPOBJS) $(DOBJS)
 need = 4.3
 ifneq ($(filter $(need),$(firstword $(sort $(MAKE_VERSION) $(need)))),)
 $(T)/$(TARGET).elf $(T)/$(TARGET).map &: $(DEPS_OF_ELF)
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel/meson.build b/fdpp/kernel/meson.build
index 6d739e6c..51178f35 100644
--- a/fdpp/kernel/meson.build
+++ b/fdpp/kernel/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 project('kernel', ['nasm', 'c'], version: '1.7')
-TOP = '../..'
-PD = TOP / 'fdpp/parsers/parse_decls.sh'
-SRC = TOP / 'kernel'
-DSRC = SRC / 'drivers'
-kernel_ld = TOP / 'kernel.ld'
-rel_inc = TOP / 'include/fdpp'
+PD = 'parsers/parse_decls.sh'
+SRC = 'src'
+DSRC = 'src/drivers'
+kernel_ld = meson.current_source_dir() / 'kernel.ld'
+rel_inc = 'include/fdpp'
 abs_inc = meson.current_source_dir() / rel_inc
 incdir = include_directories(rel_inc)
 cpp = meson.get_compiler('c')
@@ -17,16 +16,17 @@ BVER = cpp.get_define('BPRM_VER',
 FVER = AVER + '.' + BVER
 TARGET = 'fdppkrnl.' + FVER
 GIT_DESCRIBE = run_command('git', 'describe', check: true).stdout().strip()
-hdr = [TOP / 'kernel', TOP / 'hdr', TOP / 'fdpp', rel_inc]
+hdr = ['src', 'hdr', rel_inc]
 incdir2 = include_directories(hdr)
 sfiles = cpp.preprocess(['cdata.S', 'plt.S'],
   output : '@BASENAME@.asm',
   include_directories: incdir2,
-  compile_args : [
-    '-D__ASSEMBLER__',
-    '-DKERNEL_VERSION=' + meson.project_version() +
+  dependencies: declare_dependency(
+    compile_args : [
+      '-D__ASSEMBLER__',
+      '-DKERNEL_VERSION=' + meson.project_version() +
         ' [GIT: ' + GIT_DESCRIBE + ']',
-    '-DCMA=,', '-P'])
+      '-DCMA=,', '-P']))
 env = environment()
 env.set('CPP', 'cpp')
 env.set('srcdir', meson.current_source_dir() / '../parsers')
@@ -83,3 +83,5 @@ custom_target(TARGET + '.elf',
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'fdpp',
   install_mode: 'rw-r--r--',
   build_by_default: true)
+
+VERSION = meson.project_version()
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel/parsers b/fdpp/kernel/parsers
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..4babbe45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/kernel/parsers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../parsers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel/src b/fdpp/kernel/src
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..5cd551cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/kernel/src
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../src
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel/thunks_priv.h b/fdpp/kernel/thunks_priv.h
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..ccaa6dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/kernel/thunks_priv.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../thunks_priv.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/kernel/toolchain.ini b/fdpp/kernel/toolchain.ini
index 0ba25d6a..f58ff14c 100644
--- a/fdpp/kernel/toolchain.ini
+++ b/fdpp/kernel/toolchain.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 nasm = 'nasm-segelf'
 c = 'gcc'
 strip = 'llvm-strip'
+pkg-config = 'pkg-config'
 
 [constants]
 arch = 'i386-linux-gnu'
diff --git a/fdpp/loader/include b/fdpp/loader/include
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..f5030fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/loader/include
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../include
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/loader/meson.build b/fdpp/loader/meson.build
index 5e7846b2..e6b7c1d9 100644
--- a/fdpp/loader/meson.build
+++ b/fdpp/loader/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 project('loader', 'c', version: '0.1')
-TOP = '../..'
-rel_inc = TOP / 'include/fdpp'
+rel_inc = 'include/fdpp'
 abs_inc = meson.current_source_dir() / rel_inc
 lelf = dependency('libelf')
 incdir = include_directories(rel_inc)
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ BVER = cpp.get_define('BPRM_VER',
   prefix: '#include "bprm.h"')
 FVER = AVER + '.' + BVER
 TARGET = 'fdppkrnl.' + FVER
-shared_library('fdldr', 'elf.c', 'loader.c',
+LIBLOADER = shared_library('fdldr', 'elf.c', 'loader.c',
   dependencies: lelf, include_directories: incdir,
   version: FVER,
   c_args: [
diff --git a/fdpp/meson.build b/fdpp/meson.build
index 09d22971..6fdb0e55 100644
--- a/fdpp/meson.build
+++ b/fdpp/meson.build
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 project('libfdpp', ['c', 'cpp'], version: '0.1')
-TOP = '..'
 MF = meson.current_source_dir() / 'parsers/mkfar.sh'
 MA = meson.current_source_dir() / 'parsers/mkasmdefs.sh'
 PD = meson.current_source_dir() / 'parsers/parse_decls.sh'
 M4 = meson.current_source_dir() / 'parsers/thunks.m4'
-TG = './thunk_gen/build/thunk_gen'
+tg = subproject('thunk_gen')
+TG = tg.get_variable('TG')
 TFLAGS = ['-a', '2', '-p', '2']
-SRC = TOP / 'kernel'
-rel_inc = TOP / 'include/fdpp'
+SRC = 'src'
+rel_inc = 'include/fdpp'
 abs_inc = meson.current_source_dir() / rel_inc
 incdir = include_directories(rel_inc)
 cpp = meson.get_compiler('c')
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ccfiles = ccgen.process(CFILES)
 
 gad = custom_target('glob_asmdefs.h',
   output: 'glob_asmdefs.h',
-  input: SRC / 'glob_asm.h',
+  input: 'src/glob_asm.h',
   command: [MA, '@INPUT@'],
   capture: true)
 
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ ppccf = ccgen.process(FDPP_CFILES)
 FDPP_CCFILES = ['thunks.cc', 'thunks_c.cc', 'thunks_a.cc', 'thunks_p.cc',
   'dosobj.cc']
 CPPFILES = ['objhlp.cpp', 'ctors.cpp', 'farhlp.cpp', 'objtrace.cpp']
-hdr = [TOP / 'kernel', TOP / 'hdr', TOP / 'fdpp', rel_inc]
+hdr = ['src', 'hdr', '.', rel_inc]
 incdir2 = include_directories(hdr)
-shared_library('fdpp', [ccfiles, ppccf, FDPP_CCFILES, CPPFILES],
+LIBFDPP = shared_library('fdpp', [ccfiles, ppccf, FDPP_CCFILES, CPPFILES],
   include_directories: incdir2,
   version: FVER,
   sources: [gad, pac, pap, tc, ta],
diff --git a/fdpp/src b/fdpp/src
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..195d3889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/src
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../kernel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/subprojects/thunk_gen b/fdpp/subprojects/thunk_gen
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..112baaac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdpp/subprojects/thunk_gen
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../thunk_gen
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fdpp/thunk_gen/meson.build b/fdpp/thunk_gen/meson.build
index dbaf0c71..e8b64724 100644
--- a/fdpp/thunk_gen/meson.build
+++ b/fdpp/thunk_gen/meson.build
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ pgen = generator(bison,
   arguments : ['@INPUT@', '--defines=@OUTPUT1@', '--output=@OUTPUT0@'])
 pfiles = pgen.process('thunk_gen.y')
 
-executable('thunk_gen', lfiles, pfiles)
+TG = executable('thunk_gen', lfiles, pfiles)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f19b8039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+project('fdpp', ['cpp', 'c', 'nasm'], version: '0.1')
+li = subproject('libfdpp')
+LIBFDPP = li.get_variable('LIBFDPP')
+lo = subproject('loader')
+LIBLOADER = lo.get_variable('LIBLOADER')
+ke = subproject('kernel')
+VERSION = ke.get_variable('VERSION')
+
+pkg = import('pkgconfig')
+pkg.generate(LIBFDPP,
+  libraries: LIBLOADER,
+  version: VERSION)
diff --git a/subprojects/kernel b/subprojects/kernel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..570e9ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/kernel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../fdpp/kernel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/subprojects/libfdpp b/subprojects/libfdpp
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..48ac35da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/libfdpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../fdpp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/subprojects/loader b/subprojects/loader
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..dabaa729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/loader
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../fdpp/loader
\ No newline at end of file