diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09222128cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+all:
+	ninja -C build
+
+install:
+	DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) ninja -C build
diff --git a/configure b/configure
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a9db8a1cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+cflags=CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+cxxflags=CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
+declare -a args
+j=0
+for i in "$@"; do
+    case "$i" in
+        CFLAGS=*)
+            cflags="$i";;
+        CXXFLAGS=*)
+            cxxflags="$i";;
+	*)
+	    args[$j]="$i"
+	    j=$((j+1))
+    esac
+done
+
+export "$cflags" "$cxxflags"
+set -x
+exec meson build "${args[@]}"