diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 84986e245e..3b18ea0695 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -248,3 +248,31 @@ jobs:
         cmake .. -DBUILD_JAVA=OFF -DPROTOBUF_HOME=${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
         make package test-out
 
+  meson:
+    name: "Meson C++ configuration"
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-22.04
+          - ubuntu-24.04
+          - ubuntu-24.04-arm
+          - macos-13
+          - macos-14
+          - macos-15
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+    - name: Install meson
+      run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install meson
+    - name: Test
+      run: |
+        meson setup build
+        meson compile -C build
+        meson test -C build
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ff46e9694..3635e33bf2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 java/bench/data
 *.swp
 .cache/*
+subprojects/*
+!subprojects/packagefiles
+!subprojects/*.wrap
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c854cbeba..e23ccdb843 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,3 +115,43 @@ Cmake option BUILD_ENABLE_AVX512 can be set to "ON" or (default value)"OFF" at t
 Environment variable ORC_USER_SIMD_LEVEL can be set to "AVX512" or (default value)"NONE" at the run time. At run time, it defines the SIMD level to dispatch the code which can apply SIMD optimization.
 
 Note that if ORC_USER_SIMD_LEVEL is set to "NONE" at run time, AVX512 will not take effect at run time even if BUILD_ENABLE_AVX512 is set to "ON" at compile time.
+
+### Building with Meson
+
+While CMake is the official build system for orc, there is unofficial support for using Meson to build select parts of the project. To build a debug version of the library and test it using Meson, from the project root you can run:
+
+```shell
+meson setup build
+meson compile -C build
+meson test -C build
+```
+
+By default, Meson will build release libraries. If you would instead like debug libraries, you can use the ``-Dbuildtype=debug`` argument to setup. You must either remove the existing build directory before changing that setting, or alternatively pass the ``--reconfigure`` flag:
+
+```shell
+meson setup build -Dbuildtype=debug --reconfigure
+meson compile -C build
+meson test -C build
+```
+
+Meson supports running your test suite through valgrind out of the box:
+
+```shell
+meson test -C build --wrap=valgrind
+```
+
+If you'd like to enable sanitizers, you can leverage the ``-Db_sanitize=`` option. For example, to enable both ASAN and UBSAN, you can run:
+
+```shell
+meson setup build -Dbuildtype=debug -Db_sanitize=address,undefined --reconfigure
+meson compile -C build
+meson test
+```
+
+Meson takes care of detecting all dependencies on your system, and downloading missing ones as required through its [Wrap system](https://mesonbuild.com/Wrap-dependency-system-manual.html). The dependencies for the project are all stored in the ``subprojects`` directory in individual wrap files. The majority of these are system generated files created by running:
+
+```shell
+meson wrap install <depencency_name>
+```
+
+From the project root. If you are developing orc and need to add a new dependency in the future, be sure to check Meson's [WrapDB](https://mesonbuild.com/Wrapdb-projects.html) to check if a pre-configured wrap entry exists. If not, you may still manually configure the dependency as outlined in the aforementioned Wrap system documentation.
diff --git a/c++/include/orc/meson.build b/c++/include/orc/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e9e181991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c++/include/orc/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+cdata = configuration_data()
+cdata.set('ORC_VERSION', meson.project_version())
+cdata.set('ORC_CXX_HAS_CSTDINT', 1)
+
+configure_file(
+    input: 'orc-config.hh.in',
+    output: 'orc-config.hh',
+    configuration: cdata,
+    format: 'cmake',
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: 'orc',
+)
+
+install_headers(
+    [
+        'BloomFilter.hh',
+        'ColumnPrinter.hh',
+        'Common.hh',
+        'Exceptions.hh',
+        'Int128.hh',
+        'MemoryPool.hh',
+        'OrcFile.hh',
+        'Reader.hh',
+        'Statistics.hh',
+        'Type.hh',
+        'Vector.hh',
+        'Writer.hh',
+    ],
+    subdir: 'orc',
+)
+
+install_headers(
+    [
+        'sargs/Literal.hh',
+        'sargs/SearchArgument.hh',
+        'sargs/TruthValue.hh',
+    ],
+    subdir: 'orc/sargs',
+)
diff --git a/c++/meson.build b/c++/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de44b1a889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c++/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# required dependencies
+protobuf_dep = dependency('protobuf', fallback: ['protobuf', 'protobuf_dep'])
+lz4_dep = dependency('liblz4')
+snappy_dep = dependency('snappy')
+zlib_dep = dependency('zlib')
+zstd_dep = dependency('libzstd')
+
+# optional dependencies (should be set later in configuration)
+gtest_dep = disabler()
+gmock_dep = disabler()
+
+subdir('include/orc')
+subdir('src')
+
+if get_option('tests').enabled()
+    gtest_dep = dependency('gtest')
+    gmock_dep = dependency('gmock')
+    subdir('test')
+endif
+
+pkg = import('pkgconfig')
+pkg.generate(orc_lib)
diff --git a/c++/src/meson.build b/c++/src/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d170e01635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c++/src/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+has_pread = compiler.compiles('''
+    #include<fcntl.h>
+    #include<unistd.h>
+    int main(int,char*[]){
+      int f = open("/x/y", O_RDONLY);
+      char buf[100];
+      return pread(f, buf, 100, 1000) == 0;
+    }
+''')
+
+has_strptime = compiler.compiles('''
+    #include<time.h>
+    int main(int,char*[]){
+      struct tm time2020;
+      return !strptime("2020-02-02 12:34:56", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &time2020);
+    }
+''')
+
+has_builtin_overflow_check = compiler.compiles('''
+    int main(){
+      int a;
+      return __builtin_add_overflow(1, 2, &a);
+    }
+''')
+
+has_diagnostic_push = compiler.compiles('''
+    #ifdef __clang__
+      #pragma clang diagnostic push
+      #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated"
+      #pragma clang diagnostic pop
+   #elif defined(__GNUC__)
+      #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+      #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated"
+      #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+   #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+      #pragma warning( push )
+      #pragma warning( disable : 4996 )
+      #pragma warning( pop )
+   #else
+     unknownCompiler!
+   #endif
+   int main(int, char *[]) {}
+''')
+
+has_std_isnan = compiler.compiles('''
+    #include<cmath>
+    int main(int, char *[]) {
+      return std::isnan(1.0f);
+    }
+''')
+
+has_double_to_string = compiler.compiles('''
+    #include<string>
+    int main(int, char *[]) {
+      double d = 5;
+      std::to_string(d);
+    }
+''')
+
+has_int64_to_string = compiler.compiles('''
+    #include<cstdint>
+    #include<string>
+    int main(int, char *[]) {
+      int64_t d = 5;
+      std::to_string(d);
+    }
+''')
+
+has_pre_1970 = compiler.run('''
+    #include<time.h>
+    int main(int, char *[]) {
+      time_t t = -14210715; // 1969-07-20 12:34:45
+      struct tm *ptm = gmtime(&t);
+      return !(ptm && ptm->tm_year == 69);
+    }
+''')
+
+has_post_2038 = compiler.run('''
+    #include<stdlib.h>
+    #include<time.h>
+    int main(int, char *[]) {
+      setenv("TZ", "America/Los_Angeles", 1);
+      tzset();
+      struct tm time2037;
+      struct tm time2038;
+      strptime("2037-05-05 12:34:56", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &time2037);
+      strptime("2038-05-05 12:34:56", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &time2038);
+      return (mktime(&time2038) - mktime(&time2037)) <= 31500000;
+    }
+''')
+
+cdata = configuration_data()
+cdata.set10('HAS_PREAD', has_pread)
+cdata.set10('HAS_STRPTIME', has_strptime)
+cdata.set10('HAS_DIAGNOSTIC_PUSH', has_diagnostic_push)
+cdata.set10('HAS_DOUBLE_TO_STRING', has_double_to_string)
+cdata.set10('HAS_INT64_TO_STRING', has_int64_to_string)
+cdata.set('HAS_PRE_1970', has_pre_1970.returncode() == 0)
+cdata.set('HAS_POST_2038', has_post_2038.returncode() == 0)
+cdata.set10('HAS_STD_ISNAN', has_std_isnan)
+cdata.set10('HAS_BUILTIN_OVERFLOW_CHECK', has_builtin_overflow_check)
+cdata.set10('NEEDS_Z_PREFIX', false)  # Meson zlib subproject does not need this
+
+adaptor_header = configure_file(
+    input: 'Adaptor.hh.in',
+    output: 'Adaptor.hh',
+    configuration: cdata,
+    format: 'cmake',
+)
+
+source_files = [adaptor_header]
+source_files += files(
+    'io/InputStream.cc',
+    'io/OutputStream.cc',
+    'io/Cache.cc',
+    'sargs/ExpressionTree.cc',
+    'sargs/Literal.cc',
+    'sargs/PredicateLeaf.cc',
+    'sargs/SargsApplier.cc',
+    'sargs/SearchArgument.cc',
+    'sargs/TruthValue.cc',
+    'wrap/orc-proto-wrapper.cc',
+    'Adaptor.cc',
+    'BlockBuffer.cc',
+    'BloomFilter.cc',
+    'BpackingDefault.cc',
+    'ByteRLE.cc',
+    'ColumnPrinter.cc',
+    'ColumnReader.cc',
+    'ColumnWriter.cc',
+    'Common.cc',
+    'Compression.cc',
+    'ConvertColumnReader.cc',
+    'CpuInfoUtil.cc',
+    'Exceptions.cc',
+    'Int128.cc',
+    'LzoDecompressor.cc',
+    'MemoryPool.cc',
+    'Murmur3.cc',
+    'OrcFile.cc',
+    'Reader.cc',
+    'RLEv1.cc',
+    'RLEV2Util.cc',
+    'RleDecoderV2.cc',
+    'RleEncoderV2.cc',
+    'RLE.cc',
+    'SchemaEvolution.cc',
+    'Statistics.cc',
+    'StripeStream.cc',
+    'Timezone.cc',
+    'TypeImpl.cc',
+    'Vector.cc',
+    'Writer.cc',
+)
+
+incdir = include_directories('../include')
+orc_format_proto_dep = dependency('orc_format_proto')
+
+orc_lib = library(
+    'orc',
+    sources: source_files,
+    dependencies: [
+        orc_format_proto_dep,
+        protobuf_dep,
+        zlib_dep,
+        snappy_dep,
+        lz4_dep,
+        zstd_dep,
+    ],
+    include_directories: incdir,
+    install: true,
+)
+
+orc_dep = declare_dependency(
+    link_with: orc_lib,
+    include_directories: incdir,
+    dependencies: orc_format_proto_dep,
+)
diff --git a/c++/test/meson.build b/c++/test/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba84bf7fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c++/test/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+test_incdir = include_directories(
+    '../include',
+    '../src',
+)
+
+test_sources = [
+    'MemoryInputStream.cc',
+    'MemoryOutputStream.cc',
+    'MockStripeStreams.cc',
+    'TestAttributes.cc',
+    'TestBlockBuffer.cc',
+    'TestBufferedOutputStream.cc',
+    'TestBloomFilter.cc',
+    'TestByteRle.cc',
+    'TestByteRLEEncoder.cc',
+    'TestColumnPrinter.cc',
+    'TestColumnReader.cc',
+    'TestColumnStatistics.cc',
+    'TestCompression.cc',
+    'TestConvertColumnReader.cc',
+    'TestDecompression.cc',
+    'TestDecimal.cc',
+    'TestDictionaryEncoding.cc',
+    'TestDriver.cc',
+    'TestInt128.cc',
+    'TestMurmur3.cc',
+    'TestPredicateLeaf.cc',
+    'TestPredicatePushdown.cc',
+    'TestReader.cc',
+    'TestRleDecoder.cc',
+    'TestRleEncoder.cc',
+    'TestRLEV2Util.cc',
+    'TestSargsApplier.cc',
+    'TestSearchArgument.cc',
+    'TestSchemaEvolution.cc',
+    'TestStripeIndexStatistics.cc',
+    'TestTimestampStatistics.cc',
+    'TestTimezone.cc',
+    'TestType.cc',
+    'TestWriter.cc',
+    'TestCache.cc',        
+]
+
+orc_test = executable(
+    'orc-test',
+    sources: test_sources,
+    include_directories: test_incdir,
+    dependencies: [
+        orc_dep,
+        lz4_dep,
+        protobuf_dep,
+        snappy_dep,
+        zlib_dep,
+        gtest_dep,
+        gmock_dep,
+    ],
+)
+
+exc = executable(
+    'create-test-files',
+    sources: ['CreateTestFiles.cc'],
+    include_directories: test_incdir,    
+    dependencies: [
+        orc_dep,
+        protobuf_dep,
+    ],
+)
+test('orc-test', exc)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ab3a0cd81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+project(
+    'orc',
+    'cpp',
+    version: '2.2.0-SNAPSHOT',
+    license: 'Apache-2.0',
+    meson_version: '>=1.3.0',
+    default_options: [
+        'buildtype=release',
+        'warning_level=2',
+        'cpp_std=c++17',
+    ],
+)
+
+subdir('c++')
+
+install_data(
+    [
+        'LICENSE',
+        'NOTICE',
+    ],
+    install_dir: 'share/doc/orc',
+)
+
+if get_option('tools').enabled()
+    subdir('tools')
+endif
diff --git a/meson.options b/meson.options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c56f89e02b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.options
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+option(
+    'tests',
+    type: 'feature',
+    value: 'enabled',    
+    description: 'Build the googletest unit tests',
+)
+
+option(
+    'tools',
+    type: 'feature',
+    value: 'enabled',
+    description: 'Build the tools',
+)
diff --git a/subprojects/abseil-cpp.wrap b/subprojects/abseil-cpp.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54fc2280c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/abseil-cpp.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = abseil-cpp-20240722.0
+source_url = https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/releases/download/20240722.0/abseil-cpp-20240722.0.tar.gz
+source_filename = abseil-cpp-20240722.0.tar.gz
+source_hash = f50e5ac311a81382da7fa75b97310e4b9006474f9560ac46f54a9967f07d4ae3
+patch_filename = abseil-cpp_20240722.0-3_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/abseil-cpp_20240722.0-3/get_patch
+patch_hash = 12dd8df1488a314c53e3751abd2750cf233b830651d168b6a9f15e7d0cf71f7b
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/abseil-cpp_20240722.0-3/abseil-cpp-20240722.0.tar.gz
+wrapdb_version = 20240722.0-3
+
+[provide]
+absl_base = absl_base_dep
+absl_container = absl_container_dep
+absl_debugging = absl_debugging_dep
+absl_log = absl_log_dep
+absl_flags = absl_flags_dep
+absl_hash = absl_hash_dep
+absl_crc = absl_crc_dep
+absl_numeric = absl_numeric_dep
+absl_profiling = absl_profiling_dep
+absl_random = absl_random_dep
+absl_status = absl_status_dep
+absl_strings = absl_strings_dep
+absl_synchronization = absl_synchronization_dep
+absl_time = absl_time_dep
+absl_types = absl_types_dep
+absl_algorithm_container = absl_base_dep
+absl_any_invocable = absl_base_dep
+absl_bad_any_cast_impl = absl_types_dep
+absl_bad_optional_access = absl_types_dep
+absl_bad_variant_access = absl_types_dep
+absl_bind_front = absl_base_dep
+absl_city = absl_hash_dep
+absl_civil_time = absl_time_dep
+absl_cleanup = absl_base_dep
+absl_cord = absl_strings_dep
+absl_cord_internal = absl_strings_dep
+absl_cordz_functions = absl_strings_dep
+absl_cordz_handle = absl_strings_dep
+absl_cordz_info = absl_strings_dep
+absl_cordz_sample_token = absl_strings_dep
+absl_core_headers = absl_base_dep
+absl_crc32c = absl_crc_dep
+absl_debugging_internal = absl_debugging_dep
+absl_demangle_internal = absl_debugging_dep
+absl_die_if_null = absl_log_dep
+absl_examine_stack = absl_debugging_dep
+absl_exponential_biased = absl_profiling_dep
+absl_failure_signal_handler = absl_debugging_dep
+absl_flags_commandlineflag = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_commandlineflag_internal = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_config = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_internal = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_marshalling = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_parse = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_private_handle_accessor = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_program_name = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_reflection = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_usage = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flags_usage_internal = absl_flags_dep
+absl_flat_hash_map = absl_container_dep
+absl_flat_hash_set = absl_container_dep
+absl_function_ref = absl_base_dep
+absl_graphcycles_internal = absl_synchronization_dep
+absl_hashtablez_sampler = absl_container_dep
+absl_inlined_vector = absl_container_dep
+absl_int128 = absl_numeric_dep
+absl_leak_check = absl_debugging_dep
+absl_log_initialize = absl_log_dep
+absl_log_internal_check_op = absl_log_dep
+absl_log_internal_message = absl_log_dep
+absl_log_severity = absl_base_dep
+absl_low_level_hash = absl_hash_dep
+absl_memory = absl_base_dep
+absl_optional = absl_types_dep
+absl_periodic_sampler = absl_profiling_dep
+absl_random_bit_gen_ref = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_distributions = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_internal_distribution_test_util = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_internal_platform = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_internal_pool_urbg = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_internal_randen = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_internal_randen_hwaes = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_internal_randen_hwaes_impl = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_internal_randen_slow = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_internal_seed_material = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_random = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_seed_gen_exception = absl_random_dep
+absl_random_seed_sequences = absl_random_dep
+absl_raw_hash_set = absl_container_dep
+absl_raw_logging_internal = absl_base_dep
+absl_scoped_set_env = absl_base_dep
+absl_span = absl_types_dep
+absl_spinlock_wait = absl_base_dep
+absl_stacktrace = absl_debugging_dep
+absl_statusor = absl_status_dep
+absl_str_format = absl_strings_dep
+absl_str_format_internal = absl_strings_dep
+absl_strerror = absl_base_dep
+absl_string_view = absl_strings_dep
+absl_strings_internal = absl_strings_dep
+absl_symbolize = absl_debugging_dep
+absl_throw_delegate = absl_base_dep
+absl_time_zone = absl_time_dep
+absl_type_traits = absl_base_dep
+absl_utility = absl_base_dep
+absl_variant = absl_types_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/google-snappy.wrap b/subprojects/google-snappy.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2260d5e0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/google-snappy.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = snappy-1.2.2
+source_url = https://github.com/google/snappy/archive/1.2.2.tar.gz
+source_filename = 1.2.2.tar.gz
+source_hash = 90f74bc1fbf78a6c56b3c4a082a05103b3a56bb17bca1a27e052ea11723292dc
+patch_filename = google-snappy_1.2.2-1_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/google-snappy_1.2.2-1/get_patch
+patch_hash = 831c36bf1eca64e95cee892cae5a7eade382b1a13bb74a5038cd2703a8fc158c
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/google-snappy_1.2.2-1/1.2.2.tar.gz
+wrapdb_version = 1.2.2-1
+
+[provide]
+snappy = snappy_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/gtest.wrap b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0e99a1a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = googletest-release-1.12.1
+source_url = https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.12.1.tar.gz
+source_filename = gtest-1.12.1.tar.gz
+source_hash = 81964fe578e9bd7c94dfdb09c8e4d6e6759e19967e397dbea48d1c10e45d0df2
+patch_filename = gtest_1.12.1-1_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/gtest_1.12.1-1/get_patch
+patch_hash = 75143f11e174952bc768699fde3176511fe8e33b25dc6f6347d89e41648e99cf
+wrapdb_version = 1.12.1-1
+
+[provide]
+gtest = gtest_dep
+gtest_main = gtest_main_dep
+gmock = gmock_dep
+gmock_main = gmock_main_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/lz4.wrap b/subprojects/lz4.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e2f125ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/lz4.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = lz4-1.10.0
+source_url = https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/v1.10.0.tar.gz
+source_filename = lz4-1.10.0.tgz
+source_hash = 537512904744b35e232912055ccf8ec66d768639ff3abe5788d90d792ec5f48b
+patch_filename = lz4_1.10.0-1_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/lz4_1.10.0-1/get_patch
+patch_hash = 17aea915e4597716afd08330f780ac9ffac0b979e713b718e0563d240f2c28c8
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/lz4_1.10.0-1/lz4-1.10.0.tgz
+wrapdb_version = 1.10.0-1
+
+[provide]
+liblz4 = liblz4_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/orc-format.wrap b/subprojects/orc-format.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76b73a228e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/orc-format.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = orc-format-1.1.0
+source_url = https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/orc/orc-format-1.1.0/orc-format-1.1.0.tar.gz?action=download
+source_filename = orc-format-1-1.0.tar.gz
+source_hash = d4a7ac76c5442abf7119e2cb84e71b677e075aff53518aa866055e2ead0450d7
+patch_directory = orc-format
+
+[provide]
+orc_format_proto = orc_format_proto_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/orc-format/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/orc-format/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8471614539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/orc-format/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+project(
+    'orc-format',
+    'cpp',
+    version: '1.1.0',
+    license: 'Apache-2.0',
+    meson_version: '>=1.3.0',
+)
+
+protobuf_dep = dependency('protobuf', fallback: ['protobuf', 'protobuf_dep'])
+# in newer versions of protobuf from the wrapdb, find_program('protoc') will
+# "do the right thing", but the protobuf wrapdb version we are using now does
+# not call override_find_program('protoc', ...)
+if protobuf_dep.type_name() == 'internal'
+    protoc = subproject('protobuf').get_variable('protoc')
+else
+    protoc = find_program('protoc')
+endif
+
+fs = import('fs')
+proto_file = meson.project_source_root() / 'src/main/proto/orc/proto/orc_proto.proto'
+proto_parent_dir = fs.parent(proto_file)
+
+orc_proto_files = custom_target(
+    'orc-proto',
+    input: [proto_file],
+    output: ['orc_proto.pb.h', 'orc_proto.pb.cc'],
+    command: [
+        protoc,
+        '-I',
+        proto_parent_dir,
+        '--cpp_out',
+        meson.current_build_dir(),
+        '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+)
+
+orc_format_proto_dep = declare_dependency(
+    sources: orc_proto_files[0],
+    include_directories: include_directories('.'),
+)
diff --git a/subprojects/protobuf.wrap b/subprojects/protobuf.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edf6135492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/protobuf.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = protobuf-3.5.1
+source_url = https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.5.1/protobuf-all-3.5.1.tar.gz
+source_filename = protobuf-all-3.5.1.tar.gz
+source_hash = 72d43863f58567a9ea2054671fdb667867f9cf7865df623c7be630978ff97dff
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/protobuf_3.5.1-3/get_patch
+patch_filename = protobuf-3.5.1-3-wrap.zip
+patch_hash = 9316ee29244a590545d8175136fd916149ca81e3f33f20d3cffc5bd3e6812e67
diff --git a/subprojects/zlib.wrap b/subprojects/zlib.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f96fcef036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/zlib.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = zlib-1.3.1
+source_url = http://zlib.net/fossils/zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/zlib_1.3.1-1/zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz
+source_filename = zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz
+source_hash = 9a93b2b7dfdac77ceba5a558a580e74667dd6fede4585b91eefb60f03b72df23
+patch_filename = zlib_1.3.1-1_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/zlib_1.3.1-1/get_patch
+patch_hash = e79b98eb24a75392009cec6f99ca5cdca9881ff20bfa174e8b8926d5c7a47095
+wrapdb_version = 1.3.1-1
+
+[provide]
+zlib = zlib_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/zstd.wrap b/subprojects/zstd.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5eba7d73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/zstd.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[wrap-file]
+directory = zstd-1.5.7
+source_url = https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v1.5.7/zstd-1.5.7.tar.gz
+source_filename = zstd-1.5.7.tar.gz
+source_hash = eb33e51f49a15e023950cd7825ca74a4a2b43db8354825ac24fc1b7ee09e6fa3
+patch_filename = zstd_1.5.7-1_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/zstd_1.5.7-1/get_patch
+patch_hash = 454f6610c12489434533932a11c2c29043903da1c10d20de1fb8ccf5a1e0908b
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/zstd_1.5.7-1/zstd-1.5.7.tar.gz
+wrapdb_version = 1.5.7-1
+
+[provide]
+libzstd = libzstd_dep
diff --git a/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fcbe2a372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+subdir('src')
+
+if get_option('tests').enabled()
+  subdir('test')
+endif
diff --git a/tools/src/meson.build b/tools/src/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef2cc5f93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/src/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+tools_incdir = include_directories(
+    '../../c++/include',
+    '../../c++/src',    
+)
+
+tools = {
+    'orc-contents': {
+        'sources': ['FileContents.cc', 'ToolsHelper.cc'],
+    },
+    'orc-scan': {
+        'sources': ['FileScan.cc', 'ToolsHelper.cc'],
+    },
+    'orc-metadata': {
+        'sources': ['FileMetadata.cc', 'ToolsHelper.cc'],
+    },
+    'orc-statistics': {
+        'sources': ['FileStatistics.cc'],
+    },
+    'orc-memory': {
+        'sources': ['FileMemory.cc', 'ToolsHelper.cc'],
+    },
+    'timezone-dump': {
+        'sources': ['TimezoneDump.cc'],        
+    },
+    'csv-import': {
+        'sources': ['CSVFileImport.cc'],        
+    },
+}
+
+foreach tool_name, val : tools
+    executable(
+        tool_name,
+        sources: val['sources'],
+        include_directories: tools_incdir,
+        dependencies: [orc_dep, protobuf_dep],
+        install: true,
+    )
+endforeach
diff --git a/tools/test/meson.build b/tools/test/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80418daafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+exc = executable(
+    'tool-test',
+    sources: [
+        'gzip.cc',
+        'TestCSVFileImport.cc',
+        'TestFileContents.cc',
+        'TestFileMetadata.cc',
+        'TestFileScan.cc',
+        'TestFileStatistics.cc',
+        'TestMatch.cc',
+        'ToolTest.cc',
+    ],
+    include_directories: tools_incdir,
+    dependencies: [
+        orc_dep,
+        protobuf_dep,
+        zlib_dep,
+        snappy_dep,
+        gtest_dep,
+        gmock_dep,
+    ],
+)
+test('tool-test', exc)