diff --git a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
index 5b925a338..1527d0f1f 100644
--- a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 pkgname=meson
 pkgver=0.49.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='High productivity build system'
 url='http://mesonbuild.com/'
 arch=('any')
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ source=(https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/${pkgver}/meson-${
         arch-meson)
 sha512sums=('f36994d1a030c985a51aa335eaceea608dcb1692cea7d2d4caeeb2b3bf471837dffdc502aa940742eb8c605d15b8adb35ba36b7da5d10455b7fd0ef5a48663e3'
             'SKIP'
-            '34df4d399ea7864be8bb4e97f4224a503df11206156b7ce7db5f7b6ffe62356b0fa550dd3e267da2295d56a8cd1624814f4c815596998afef87aebacf6d7754c')
+            '7d563d5c99a2a7144270c2f10f5b8ed571cae12f84d7f3dbd33d0b199eb21043eb03457e3d318f2e8fde1cfc69d7f8b90aaaf2af2276a1688b1395893a22a1ec')
 validpgpkeys=('95181F4EED14FDF4E41B518D3BF4693BFEEB9428') # Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/extra/meson/arch-meson b/extra/meson/arch-meson
index 6dd960825..42bbc2af7 100644
--- a/extra/meson/arch-meson
+++ b/extra/meson/arch-meson
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ exec meson setup \
   --auto-features  enabled \
   --wrap-mode      nofallback \
   -D               b_lto=false \
+  -D               b_pie=true \
   "$@"