diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/zlib.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/zlib.py
index cf6c546..e58b176 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/zlib.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/zlib.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import shutil
 from .base import (
     Dependency,
     ReleaseDownload,
-    MakeBuilder)
+    MesonBuilder)
 
 from kiwixbuild.utils import Remotefile, pj, SkipCommand
 
@@ -13,39 +13,10 @@ class zlib(Dependency):
     name = 'zlib'
 
     class Source(ReleaseDownload):
-        archive = Remotefile('zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz',
-                             '36658cb768a54c1d4dec43c3116c27ed893e88b02ecfcb44f2166f9c0b7f2a0d')
-        patches = ['zlib_std_libname.patch']
+        archive = Remotefile('zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz',
+                             'c3e5e9fdd5004dcb542feda5ee4f0ff0744628baf8ed2dd5d66f8ca1197cb1a1',
+                             'http://zlib.net/fossils/zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz')
+        patches = ['zlib_meson.patch']
 
-    class Builder(MakeBuilder):
-        dynamic_configure_options = ["--shared"]
-        static_configure_options = ["--static"]
-
-        def _pre_build_script(self, context):
-            context.try_skip(self.build_path)
-            shutil.copytree(self.source_path, self.build_path)
-
-
-        def _configure(self, context):
-            if self.buildEnv.platformInfo.build == 'win32':
-                raise SkipCommand()
-            return super()._configure(context)
-
-        @property
-        def all_configure_options(self):
-            yield from self.configure_options
-            yield from self.static_configure_options if self.buildEnv.platformInfo.static else self.dynamic_configure_options
-            yield from ('--prefix', self.buildEnv.install_dir)
-            yield from ('--libdir', pj(self.buildEnv.install_dir, self.buildEnv.libprefix))
-
-        @property
-        def make_options(self):
-            if self.buildEnv.platformInfo.build == 'win32':
-                return
-            yield "--makefile"
-            yield "{}/Makefile.gcc".format(self.buildEnv.platformInfo.build)
-            yield "PREFIX={}-".format(self.buildEnv.platformInfo.arch_full)
-            yield "SHARED_MODE={}".format("0" if self.buildEnv.platformInfo.static else "1")
-            yield "INCLUDE_PATH={}".format(pj(self.buildEnv.install_dir, 'include'))
-            yield "LIBRARY_PATH={}".format(pj(self.buildEnv.install_dir, self.buildEnv.libprefix))
-            yield "BINARY_PATH={}".format(pj(self.buildEnv.install_dir, 'bin'))
+    class Builder(MesonBuilder):
+        pass
diff --git a/kiwixbuild/patches/zlib_meson.patch b/kiwixbuild/patches/zlib_meson.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97f30d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kiwixbuild/patches/zlib_meson.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+diff -uNr zlib-1.2.11/LICENSE.build zlib-1.2.11.meson/LICENSE.build
+--- zlib-1.2.11/LICENSE.build	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ zlib-1.2.11.meson/LICENSE.build	2018-05-29 15:10:02.000000000 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
++Copyright (c) 2018 The Meson development team
++
++Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
++of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
++in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
++to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
++copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
++furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
++
++The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
++copies or substantial portions of the Software.
++
++THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
++IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
++FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
++AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
++LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
++OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
++SOFTWARE.
+diff -uNr zlib-1.2.11/meson.build zlib-1.2.11.meson/meson.build
+--- zlib-1.2.11/meson.build	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ zlib-1.2.11.meson/meson.build	2018-06-20 18:09:04.498957829 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
++project('zlib', 'c', version : '1.2.11', license : 'zlib')
++
++cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
++
++link_args = []
++compile_args = []
++if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
++  add_project_arguments('-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE',
++    '-D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE', language : 'c')
++else
++  # Don't spam consumers of this wrap with these warnings
++  compile_args += cc.get_supported_arguments(['-Wno-implicit-fallthrough',
++                                              '-Wno-implicit-function-declaration'])
++  if cc.get_id() == 'gcc' and host_machine.system() != 'windows'
++    vflag = '-Wl,--version-script,@0@/zlib.map'.format(meson.current_source_dir())
++    link_args += [vflag]
++  endif
++endif
++
++src = files([
++  'adler32.c',
++  'crc32.c',
++  'deflate.c',
++  'infback.c',
++  'inffast.c',
++  'inflate.c',
++  'inftrees.c',
++  'trees.c',
++  'zutil.c',
++  'compress.c',
++  'uncompr.c',
++  'gzclose.c',
++  'gzlib.c',
++  'gzread.c',
++  'gzwrite.c'])
++
++headers = files(['zconf.h', 'zlib.h'])
++
++if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
++  win = import('windows')
++  win_args = []
++  if cc.get_id() != 'msvc'
++    win_args += '-DGCC_WINDRES'
++  endif
++  src += win.compile_resources('win32/zlib1.rc', args : win_args)
++endif
++
++if get_option('solo')
++  compile_args += ['-DZ_SOLO']
++endif
++
++zlib = library('z', src,
++  c_args : compile_args,
++  link_args : link_args,
++  vs_module_defs : 'win32/zlib.def',
++  install : true)
++
++incdir = include_directories('.')
++
++zlib_dep = declare_dependency(
++  link_with : zlib,
++  include_directories : incdir)
++
++install_headers(headers)
++
++pkg = import('pkgconfig')
++
++pkg.generate(name: 'zlib',
++             description: 'zlib compression library',
++             version: '1.2.11',
++             libraries: zlib)
+diff -uNr zlib-1.2.11/meson_options.txt zlib-1.2.11.meson/meson_options.txt
+--- zlib-1.2.11/meson_options.txt	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ zlib-1.2.11.meson/meson_options.txt	2018-05-29 15:10:02.000000000 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++option('solo', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Build a minimal zlib without file I/O API')
diff --git a/kiwixbuild/versions.py b/kiwixbuild/versions.py
index be70b60..7c29682 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/versions.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/versions.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ main_project_versions = {
 
 # This is the "version" of the whole base_deps_versions dict.
 # Change this when you change base_deps_versions.
-base_deps_meta_version = '8'
+base_deps_meta_version = '9'
 
 
 base_deps_versions = {
-  'zlib' : '1.2.8',
+  'zlib' : '1.2.11',
   'lzma' : '5.2.3',
   'uuid' : '1.43.4',
   'xapian-core' : '1.4.5',