diff --git a/recipes/meson-python/meta.yaml b/recipes/meson-python/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7d7238ca3d6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/meson-python/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{% set name = "meson-python" %}
+{% set version = "0.5.0" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name|lower }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/meson_python-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 84d2610829b1773c098055b83a04258cd92079f3cf8e96d3bcc2b31513e5cf83
+  patches:
+    - ninja-overdep.patch
+
+build:
+  noarch: python
+  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv
+  number: 0
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - colorama
+    - meson >=0.60.0
+    - ninja
+    - pep621 >=0.3.0
+    - pip
+    - python >=3.7
+    - tomli >=1.0.0
+    - typing-extensions >=3.7.4
+  run:
+    - colorama
+    - meson >=0.60.0
+    - ninja
+    - pep621 >=0.3.0
+    - python >=3.7
+    - tomli >=1.0.0
+    - typing-extensions >=3.7.4
+    - wheel >=0.36.0
+
+test:
+  imports:
+    - mesonpy
+  commands:
+    - pip check
+    - pytest tests -vv -k "not test_contents_unstaged"
+  source_files:
+    - tests/
+  requires:
+    - {{ compiler('c') }}
+    - git
+    - gitpython
+    - patchelf  # [linux]
+    - pip
+    - pytest
+    - pytest-mock
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/FFY00/meson-python
+  doc_url: https://meson-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+  summary: Meson Python build backend (PEP 517)
+  license: EUPL-1.2
+  license_file: LICENSE
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - awvwgk
+    - rgommers
diff --git a/recipes/meson-python/ninja-overdep.patch b/recipes/meson-python/ninja-overdep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c409e3d8761f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/meson-python/ninja-overdep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+diff --git a/PKG-INFO b/PKG-INFO
+index 40355c0..e0f6a39 100644
+--- a/PKG-INFO
++++ b/PKG-INFO
+@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Project-URL: Changelog, https://mesonpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html
+ Requires-Python: >=3.7
+ Requires-Dist: colorama; os_name == "nt"
+ Requires-Dist: meson>=0.60.0
+-Requires-Dist: ninja
+ Requires-Dist: pep621>=0.3.0
+ Requires-Dist: tomli>=1.0.0
+ Requires-Dist: typing-extensions>=3.7.4; python_version < "3.8"
+diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
+index d61a210..b66565a 100644
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ build-backend = 'mesonpy'
+ backend-path = ['.']
+ requires = [
+   'meson>=0.62.0',
+-  'ninja',
+   'pep621>=0.3.0',
+   'tomli>=1.0.0',
+   'typing-extensions>=3.7.4; python_version<"3.8"',
+@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ classifiers = [
+ dependencies = [
+   'colorama; os_name == "nt"',
+   'meson>=0.60.0',
+-  'ninja',
+   'pep621>=0.3.0', # not a hard dependency, only needed for projects that use PEP 621 metadata
+   'tomli>=1.0.0',
+   'typing-extensions>=3.7.4; python_version<"3.8"',