diff --git a/ext/ladspa/meson.build b/ext/ladspa/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0469ac095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/ladspa/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+ladspa_sources = [
+  'gstladspa.c',
+  'gstladspafilter.c',
+  'gstladspasource.c',
+  'gstladspasink.c',
+  'gstladspautils.c',
+]
+
+ladspa_dep = dependency('lrdf', required : false)
+if ladspa_dep.found()
+  gstrsvg = library('gstladspa',
+    ladspa_sources,
+    c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
+    link_args : noseh_link_args,
+    include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
+    dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gstbase_dep, gmodule_dep, ladspa_dep, mathlib],
+    install : true,
+    install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
+  )
+endif
diff --git a/ext/meson.build b/ext/meson.build
index c7d40a6437..d4730b7cef 100644
--- a/ext/meson.build
+++ b/ext/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ subdir('gtk')
 subdir('hls')
 subdir('iqa')
 subdir('kate')
-#subdir('ladspa')
+subdir('ladspa')
 subdir('libde265')
 subdir('libmms')
 subdir('lv2')