diff --git a/x11-plugins/wmmaiload/files/meson.build b/x11-plugins/wmmaiload/files/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5791ebb405db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-plugins/wmmaiload/files/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+project('wmmaiload', 'c', version: '2.3.0')
+
+add_project_arguments(
+    '-DHAVE_THREADS',
+    '-DHAVE_IMAP',
+    '-DHAVE_MAILDIR',
+    '-DHAVE_MBOX',
+    '-DHAVE_MH',
+    '-DHAVE_POP3',
+    '-DHAVE_SSL',
+    '-DHAVE_SELECT',
+    '-DHAVE_STRING_H',
+    '-DHAVE_STRINGS_H',
+    '-DHAVE_UNISTD_H',
+    language: 'c',
+)
+
+# Originally, this was generated and regenerated
+# by a set of shell functions embedded into makefile
+# replacing with sane defaults
+
+add_project_arguments(
+    '-DVERSION="2.3.0"',
+    '-DAUTHORS="Thomas Nemeth"',
+    '-DOSTYPE="linux"',
+    '-DBUILD=""',
+    language: 'c',
+)
+
+threads_dep = dependency('threads')
+ssl = dependency('openssl')
+xext = dependency('xext')
+xpm = dependency('xpm')
+gtk = dependency('gtk+-2.0')
+x11 = dependency('X11')
+
+wmmaiload_sources = [
+    'wmmaiload/checkthread.c',
+    'wmmaiload/dockapp.c',
+    'wmmaiload/imapclient.c',
+    'wmmaiload/main.c',
+    'wmmaiload/options.c',
+    'wmmaiload/pop3client.c',
+    'wmmaiload/ssl.c',
+]
+
+wmmaiload_include = include_directories('wmmaiload')
+
+wmmaiload = executable(
+    'wmmaiload',
+    wmmaiload_sources,
+    include_directories: wmmaiload_include,
+    dependencies: [threads_dep, ssl, xext, xpm],
+    install: true,
+    c_args: ['-DPACKAGE="WMMaiLoad"', '-DPROGRAM="wmmaiload"'],
+)
+
+wmmail_conf_sources = [
+    'wmmaiload-config/actions.c',
+    'wmmaiload-config/dialogs.c',
+    'wmmaiload-config/main.c',
+    'wmmaiload-config/mainwindow.c',
+    'wmmaiload-config/popedit.c',
+    'wmmaiload-config/tools.c',
+]
+
+wmmail_conf_include = include_directories('wmmaiload-config')
+
+wmmail_conf = executable(
+    'wmmaiload-config',
+    wmmail_conf_sources,
+    dependencies: [gtk, x11],
+    include_directories: wmmail_conf_include,
+    c_args: ['-DPACKAGE="WMMaiLoad-Config"', '-DPROGRAM="wmmaiload-config"'],
+    install: true,
+)
+
diff --git a/x11-plugins/wmmaiload/wmmaiload-2.3.0-r3.ebuild b/x11-plugins/wmmaiload/wmmaiload-2.3.0-r3.ebuild
index e679cd0294c46..c364c8d24fcdf 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/wmmaiload/wmmaiload-2.3.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/x11-plugins/wmmaiload/wmmaiload-2.3.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
-inherit toolchain-funcs
+inherit meson
 
 DESCRIPTION="dockapp that monitors one or more mailboxes"
 HOMEPAGE="http://tnemeth.free.fr/projets/dockapps.html"
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ RDEPEND="x11-libs/gtk+:2
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
-
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.2.1-checkthread.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fno-common.patch
@@ -26,23 +25,17 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-c23.patch
 )
 
-src_configure() {
-	# The ./configure script is not autoconf based, therefore don't use econf:
-	./configure -p /usr || die
-}
+src_prepare() {
+	default
 
-src_compile() {
-	emake \
-		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
-		CPP="$(tc-getCPP)" \
-		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
-		DEBUG_LDFLAGS="" \
-		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
-		DEBUG_CFLAGS=""
+	cp "${FILESDIR}"/meson.build . || die "No new build file"
+	rm -f wmmaiload/config.h && touch wmmaiload/config.h || die "Can't remove stale config"
+	rm -f wmmaiload-config/config.h && touch wmmaiload-config/config.h || die "Can't remove stale config"
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	dobin ${PN}/${PN} ${PN}-config/${PN}-config
+	meson_install
+
 	doman doc/*.1
 	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog FAQ NEWS README THANKS TODO doc/sample.${PN}rc
 }