diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 625a473..96734d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,34 +13,53 @@ HP-UX and Solaris.
  - ascii theme support
 
 ## slurm was tested on:
- - Debian GNU/Linux 8.0
- - FreeBSD 10
- - CentOS 6/7
+ - Debian GNU/Linux 10/11 (buster/bullseye)
+ - FreeBSD 12
+ - CentOS 7/8
 
 ## Compiling:
- - Install cmake and libncurses5-dev e.g.:
+ - Install meson and libncurses6-dev e.g.:
 on Debian (if you don't want to use the Debian package of slurm)
 
-         apt-get install build-essential
-         apt-get install cmake libncurses5-dev
+         sudo apt install build-essential meson libncurses6-dev
+
 or on CentOS / RedHat
 
-        yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
-        yum install cmake ncurses-devel
+        # Add EPEL on CentOS 7
+        sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+
+        # Enable PowerTools repo in CentOS 8
+        sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
+
+        sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
+        sudo yum install meson ncurses-devel
+
+or on FreeBSD 12
+
+        pkg install meson pkgconf ncurses
+
+or on Alpine Linux
 
- - Create a build directory
+       apk add gcc musl-dev pkgconf meson ncurses-dev linux-headers
 
-        mkdir _build
- - Run cmake to create the Makefiles
+or on OpenBSD 6.9
+
+       pkg_add meson
+       # some patches to the code are necessary...
+
+ - Setup a build directory
+
+        meson setup _build
+
+ - Run meson to build
 
         cd _build/
-        cmake ..
- - Run make to build the binary
+        meson compile
 
-        make
  - Install the program
 
-        sudo make install
+        sudo meson install
+
  - Try it!
 
         slurm -i eth0 # or whatever your interface is
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b121027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+project('slurm', 'c')
+
+add_global_arguments('-D_HAVE_NCURSES', language: 'c')
+
+ncurses_dep = dependency('ncurses', version: '>=5') 
+
+# build and install slurm binary
+executable('slurm', 'slurm.c', dependencies: ncurses_dep, install:true )
+
+# install manpage and theme files
+install_man('slurm.1')
+install_subdir('themes',
+               install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'slurm',
+               strip_directory: true)
diff --git a/os.h b/os.h
index fba5027..84aab6f 100644
--- a/os.h
+++ b/os.h
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <net/ppp_defs.h>
-#include <net/if_ppp.h>
+#include <linux/ppp_defs.h>
+#include <linux/if_ppp.h>
 #elif defined (__Solaris__)           /* S O L A R I S */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #define NO_CURSES_E	1