diff --git a/extra/meson/4878.patch b/extra/meson/4878.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c855522d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/meson/4878.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From c5544aea8d8480262b9792ac85b8e61d1fb08f74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Corentin=20No=C3=ABl?= <corentin.noel@collabora.com>
+Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 13:49:01 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] vala: Support position-independent executables
+
+---
+ mesonbuild/compilers/vala.py | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/vala.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/vala.py
+index e64d57f366..5303298a62 100644
+--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/vala.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/vala.py
+@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ def get_compile_only_args(self):
+     def get_pic_args(self):
+         return []
+ 
++    def get_pie_args(self):
++        return []
++
++    def get_pie_link_args(self):
++        return []
++
+     def get_always_args(self):
+         return ['-C']
+ 
diff --git a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
index 14e1a5ade..935ec7265 100644
--- a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #  - remove checkdepend on dmd
 
 pkgname=meson
-pkgver=0.49.1
+pkgver=0.49.2
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='High productivity build system'
 url='http://mesonbuild.com/'
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@ checkdepends=('gcc-objc' 'vala' 'rust' 'gcc-fortran' 'mono' 'boost' 'qt4' 'qt5-b
               'doxygen' 'vulkan-validation-layers' 'openssh' 'mercurial' 'gtk-sharp-2' 'qt5-tools'
               'libwmf' 'valgrind')
 source=(https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/${pkgver}/meson-${pkgver}.tar.gz{,.asc}
+        4878.patch
         arch-meson)
-sha512sums=('2a9a3d1e1eae3f9f21f47c0efb2ecd78861a71109fa5a660bf6403df2d5bd5c31fa2ef848080ca72d25257836b9e00e2fb89d5fc281647600ece0179c703cfe8'
+sha512sums=('d07a5dfd699f1e4b00af39c377ec186c91718d9595cb0ab506b4b40c0c63ddd14eccbe8afb446635272c431e2a78032888be0bc8f6064044da53e8c0b5f7be3f'
             'SKIP'
-            '7d563d5c99a2a7144270c2f10f5b8ed571cae12f84d7f3dbd33d0b199eb21043eb03457e3d318f2e8fde1cfc69d7f8b90aaaf2af2276a1688b1395893a22a1ec')
+            'ff1326c7b56da98eab615b40e07cba86d6ceee18d29e8b5c57ccf73980a7a466c8e5695cc0b96a36330cd0d51e52b8fed08456ebea6763edb736ae7116be2f4b'
+            '278f5e4de3aa1170d9b4f9f212985d664f44d90ffec727febeeea1ed570046c6469558a5d123a41bf4c2fdf99dbe7832515b06f1ace423c63e2e95ba6d0ef235')
 validpgpkeys=('95181F4EED14FDF4E41B518D3BF4693BFEEB9428') # Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>
 
 prepare() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
 
+  # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/4884
+  patch -Np1 -i ../4878.patch
+
   # Succeeds for us?
   mv 'test cases/failing/85 gtest dependency with version' 'test cases/frameworks/'
 }
diff --git a/extra/meson/arch-meson b/extra/meson/arch-meson
index 42bbc2af7..8f942d0cf 100644
--- a/extra/meson/arch-meson
+++ b/extra/meson/arch-meson
@@ -2,22 +2,12 @@
 # Highly opinionated wrapper for Arch Linux packaging
 
 exec meson setup \
-  --prefix         /usr \
-  --libdir         /usr/lib \
-  --libexecdir     /usr/lib \
-  --bindir         /usr/bin \
-  --sbindir        /usr/bin \
-  --includedir     /usr/include \
-  --datadir        /usr/share \
-  --mandir         /usr/share/man \
-  --infodir        /usr/share/info \
-  --localedir      /usr/share/locale \
-  --sysconfdir     /etc \
-  --localstatedir  /var \
-  --sharedstatedir /var/lib \
-  --buildtype      release \
-  --auto-features  enabled \
-  --wrap-mode      nofallback \
-  -D               b_lto=false \
-  -D               b_pie=true \
+  --prefix        /usr \
+  --libexecdir    lib \
+  --sbindir       bin \
+  --buildtype     plain \
+  --auto-features enabled \
+  --wrap-mode     nodownload \
+  -D              b_lto=false \
+  -D              b_pie=true \
   "$@"