diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 193162e1..963b1882 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(FUZZDIR) $@ > $(VOID)
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib/gen_manual $@ > $(VOID)
 	$(RM) lz4$(EXT)
-	$(RM) -r $(CMAKE_BUILD_DIR)
+	$(RM) -r $(CMAKE_BUILD_DIR) $(MESON_BUILD_DIR)
 	@echo Cleaning completed
 
 
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ cmakebuild:
 	mkdir -p $(CMAKE_BUILD_DIR)
 	cd $(CMAKE_BUILD_DIR); $(CMAKE) $(CMAKE_PARAMS) ..; $(CMAKE) --build .
 
+MESON ?= meson
+MESON_BUILD_DIR ?= mesonBuildDir
+
+.PHONY: mesonbuild
+mesonbuild:
+	$(MESON) setup --fatal-meson-warnings --buildtype=debug -Db_lundef=false -Dauto_features=enabled -Dprograms=true -Dcontrib=true -Dtests=true -Dexamples=true build/meson $(MESON_BUILD_DIR)
+	$(MESON) test -C $(MESON_BUILD_DIR)
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # make tests validated only for MSYS and Posix environments
diff --git a/build/meson/meson/programs/meson.build b/build/meson/meson/programs/meson.build
index a8bc18ae..5e8063fb 100644
--- a/build/meson/meson/programs/meson.build
+++ b/build/meson/meson/programs/meson.build
@@ -10,18 +10,35 @@
 
 lz4_source_root = '../../../..'
 
+# note:
+# it would be preferable to use some kind of glob or wildcard expansion here...
 sources = files(
   lz4_source_root / 'programs/bench.c',
   lz4_source_root / 'programs/datagen.c',
   lz4_source_root / 'programs/lz4cli.c',
   lz4_source_root / 'programs/lz4io.c',
+  lz4_source_root / 'programs/util.c',
+  lz4_source_root / 'programs/threadpool.c',
+  lz4_source_root / 'programs/timefn.c',
 )
 
+# Initialize an empty list for extra dependencies
+extra_deps = []
+
+if get_option('enable_multithread')
+  pthread_dep = dependency('threads', required : true)
+  extra_deps += [pthread_dep]
+  multithread_args = ['-DLZ4IO_MULTITHREAD']
+else
+  multithread_args = []
+endif
+
 lz4 = executable(
   'lz4',
   sources,
   include_directories: include_directories(lz4_source_root / 'programs'),
-  dependencies: [liblz4_internal_dep],
+  dependencies: [liblz4_internal_dep] + extra_deps,
+  c_args: multithread_args,
   export_dynamic: get_option('debug') and host_machine.system() == 'windows',
   install: true
 )
diff --git a/build/meson/meson_options.txt b/build/meson/meson_options.txt
index 9623a6e3..d9c30d63 100644
--- a/build/meson/meson_options.txt
+++ b/build/meson/meson_options.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # in the COPYING file in the root directory of this source tree).
 # #############################################################################
 
+option('enable_multithread', type: 'boolean', value: true,
+  description: 'Enable multi-threading support')
 option('align-test', type: 'boolean', value: true,
   description: 'See LZ4_ALIGN_TEST')
 option('contrib', type: 'boolean', value: false,
diff --git a/tests/test-lz4-fast-hugefile.sh b/tests/test-lz4-fast-hugefile.sh
index c777b910..58204782 100755
--- a/tests/test-lz4-fast-hugefile.sh
+++ b/tests/test-lz4-fast-hugefile.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ trap remove EXIT
 
 set -x
 
-datagen -g6GB    | lz4 -vB5D | lz4 -qt
+datagen -g6GB    | lz4 -vB5 | lz4 -qt
 # test large file size [2-4] GB
 datagen -g3G -P100 | lz4 -vv | lz4 --decompress --force --sparse - ${FPREFIX}1
 ls -ls ${FPREFIX}1
diff --git a/tests/test-lz4hc-hugefile.sh b/tests/test-lz4hc-hugefile.sh
index 74eb5c9a..107c3137 100755
--- a/tests/test-lz4hc-hugefile.sh
+++ b/tests/test-lz4hc-hugefile.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-datagen -g4200MB | lz4 -v3BD | lz4 -qt
+datagen -g4200MB | lz4 -v3 | lz4 -qt