diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c546b74d0..2f2969496 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ summary(features + internal_features, bool_yn: true)
 
 if get_option('examples')
 	subdir('examples')
+	subdir('tinywl')
 endif
 
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
diff --git a/tinywl/meson.build b/tinywl/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82d31d22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tinywl/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+executable(
+	'tinywl',
+	['tinywl.c', protocols_client_header['xdg-shell']],
+	dependencies: wlroots,
+)