diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1a35a64..c611b05 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ build-gcc:
   extends: .fdo.distribution-image@alpine
   stage: "Build and test"
   script:
-    - CC=gcc meson build/ --fatal-meson-warnings -Dwerror=true -Db_coverage=true
+    - CC=gcc meson setup build/ --fatal-meson-warnings -Dwerror=true -Db_coverage=true
     - ninja -C build/
     - ninja -C build/ test
     - ninja -C build/ -j1 coverage-xml coverage-html
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ build-clang:
   extends: .fdo.distribution-image@alpine
   stage: "Build and test"
   script:
-    - CC=clang meson build/ --fatal-meson-warnings -Dwerror=true -Db_sanitize=address,undefined -Db_lundef=false
+    - CC=clang meson setup build/ --fatal-meson-warnings -Dwerror=true -Db_sanitize=address,undefined -Db_lundef=false
     - ninja -C build/
     - ninja -C build/ test
   artifacts:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ef7494..4b696f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ follows the [freedesktop.org Contributor Covenant].
 
 libdisplay-info is built using [Meson]. It has no dependencies.
 
-    meson build/
+    meson setup build/
     ninja -C build/
 
 ## Testing