diff --git a/ext/meson.build b/ext/meson.build
index ae46aec8ea..867844934b 100644
--- a/ext/meson.build
+++ b/ext/meson.build
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ subdir('soundtouch')
 subdir('spandsp')
 subdir('srt')
 subdir('srtp')
-#subdir('teletextdec')
+subdir('teletextdec')
 subdir('ttml')
 subdir('voaacenc')
 #subdir('voamrwbenc')
diff --git a/ext/teletextdec/meson.build b/ext/teletextdec/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ec094a52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/teletextdec/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+zvbi_dep = dependency('zvbi-0.2', required: get_option('teletext'))
+
+if zvbi_dep.found()
+  gstteletext = library('gstteletext',
+    'gstteletextdec.c',
+    c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
+    link_args: noseh_link_args,
+    include_directories: [configinc],
+    dependencies: [gstvideo_dep, zvbi_dep],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: plugins_install_dir,
+  )
+  pkgconfig.generate(gstteletext, install_dir: plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir)
+endif
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index b240b6ea36..c90e607549 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ option('soundtouch', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Audio pitc
 option('spandsp', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Packet loss concealment audio plugin')
 option('srt', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Secure, Reliable, Transport client/server network source/sink plugin')
 option('srtp', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Secure RTP codec plugin')
+option('teletext', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Teletext plugin')
 option('tinyalsa', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'TinyALSA plugin')
 option('ttml', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'TTML subtitle parser and renderer plugin')
 option('uvch264', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'UVC compliant H.264 camera source plugin')