diff --git a/ext/iqa/meson.build b/ext/iqa/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..584b11dc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/iqa/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+dssim_dep = dependency('dssim', required : false,
+    fallback: ['dssim', 'dssim_dep'])
+
+if dssim_dep.found()
+  gstiqa = library('gstiqa',
+    'iqa.c',
+    c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API', '-DHAVE_DSSIM'],
+    include_directories : [configinc],
+    dependencies : [gst_dep, gstbadvideo_dep, gstbadbase_dep, dssim_dep],
+    install : true,
+    install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
+  )
+endif
+
diff --git a/ext/meson.build b/ext/meson.build
index c4898d8954..7d9fb88275 100644
--- a/ext/meson.build
+++ b/ext/meson.build
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ subdir('gl')
 #subdir('gsm')
 subdir('gtk')
 subdir('hls')
+subdir('iqa')
 subdir('kate')
 #subdir('ladspa')
 subdir('libde265')