diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0e5196b..b0d492a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
-project('Lua-C-API-Examples', 'c')
+project('Lua-C-API-Examples', 'c',
+  version: '0.1.0',
+  license: 'zlib',
+  meson_version: '>=0.53.0',
+)
 
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+system = host_machine.system()
+
+subdir('deps' / 'lua54')
 subdir('src')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 317d375..f2cf639 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stack_dump_exe = executable('07-stack-dump', '07-stack-dump.c', dependencies: lu
 versions_51_exe = executable('08-versions-51', '08-versions.c', dependencies: lua51_dep)
 versions_52_exe = executable('08-versions-52', '08-versions.c', dependencies: lua52_dep)
 versions_53_exe = executable('08-versions-53', '08-versions.c', dependencies: lua53_dep)
-versions_54_exe = executable('08-versions-54', '08-versions.c', dependencies: lua54_dep)
+versions_54_exe = executable('08-versions-54', '08-versions.c', link_with: liblua54, include_directories: lua54_headers)
 
 # ==== Example 09: newlib ==== #
 library('newlib', '09-newlib.c',