diff --git a/backend/session/direct-ipc.c b/backend/session/direct-ipc.c
index 52cdbbb9..e7a169fa 100644
--- a/backend/session/direct-ipc.c
+++ b/backend/session/direct-ipc.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #endif
 #include <xf86drm.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 #include "backend/session/direct-ipc.h"
 
diff --git a/backend/session/logind.c b/backend/session/logind.c
index 539490de..fb2af492 100644
--- a/backend/session/logind.c
+++ b/backend/session/logind.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <wayland-server.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/backend/session/interface.h>
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 
diff --git a/backend/session/session.c b/backend/session/session.c
index 725aa1b9..13d47579 100644
--- a/backend/session/session.c
+++ b/backend/session/session.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <wayland-server.h>
 #include <xf86drm.h>
 #include <xf86drmMode.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/backend/session.h>
 #include <wlr/backend/session/interface.h>
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
diff --git a/examples/support/config.c b/examples/support/config.c
index ff63b078..f0efa594 100644
--- a/examples/support/config.c
+++ b/examples/support/config.c
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_box.h>
+#include "support/config.h"
 #include "shared.h"
 #include "ini.h"
 
diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d16d6ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+subdir('wlr')
diff --git a/include/rootston/desktop.h b/include/rootston/desktop.h
index 7039cfcf..a016bb94 100644
--- a/include/rootston/desktop.h
+++ b/include/rootston/desktop.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define _ROOTSTON_DESKTOP_H
 #include <time.h>
 #include <wayland-server.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_output.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_output_layout.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_compositor.h>
diff --git a/include/rootston/server.h b/include/rootston/server.h
index a014c749..0c26ea92 100644
--- a/include/rootston/server.h
+++ b/include/rootston/server.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _ROOTSTON_SERVER_H
 #define _ROOTSTON_SERVER_H
 #include <wayland-server.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/backend.h>
 #include <wlr/backend/session.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_data_device.h>
diff --git a/include/rootston/view.h b/include/rootston/view.h
index 53e96764..579b148a 100644
--- a/include/rootston/view.h
+++ b/include/rootston/view.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define _ROOTSTON_VIEW_H
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_box.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_surface.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.h>
diff --git a/include/wlr/meson.build b/include/wlr/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84dc5ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/wlr/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version_array = meson.project_version().split('.')
+version_data = configuration_data()
+version_data.set_quoted('WLR_VERSION_STR',   meson.project_version())
+version_data.set('WLR_VERSION_MAJOR',        version_array[0])
+version_data.set('WLR_VERSION_MINOR',        version_array[1])
+version_data.set('WLR_VERSION_MICRO',        version_array[2])
+version_data.set('WLR_VERSION_NUM',          '(WLR_VERSION_MAJOR << 16) | (WLR_VERSION_MINOR << 8) | WLR_VERSION_MICRO')
+version_data.set('WLR_VERSION_API_CURRENT',  so_version[0])
+version_data.set('WLR_VERSION_API_REVISION', so_version[1])
+version_data.set('WLR_VERSION_API_AGE',      so_version[2])
+
+header_install_dir = 'include/@0@/wlr'.format(meson.project_name())
+configure_file(output: 'config.h',  install_dir: header_install_dir, configuration: conf_data)
+configure_file(output: 'version.h', install_dir: header_install_dir, configuration: version_data)
diff --git a/include/wlr/xwayland.h b/include/wlr/xwayland.h
index 37b09204..8d71a7ab 100644
--- a/include/wlr/xwayland.h
+++ b/include/wlr/xwayland.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_compositor.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_seat.h>
 #include <xcb/xcb.h>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 51de7a4c..52a6b584 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 project(
 	'wlroots',
 	'c',
+	version: '0.0.1',
 	license: 'MIT',
 	meson_version: '>=0.43.0',
 	default_options: [
@@ -10,6 +11,11 @@ project(
 	],
 )
 
+# Format of so_version is CURRENT, REVISION, AGE.
+# See: https://autotools.io/libtool/version.html
+# for a reference about clean library versioning.
+so_version = ['0', '0', '0']
+
 add_project_arguments('-Wno-unused-parameter', language: 'c')
 add_project_arguments(
 	'-DWLR_SRC_DIR="@0@"'.format(meson.source_root()),
@@ -80,19 +86,24 @@ if elogind.found() and get_option('enable_elogind')
 	conf_data.set('WLR_HAS_ELOGIND', true)
 endif
 
-exclude_files = []
+exclude_headers = []
 wlr_parts = []
 if get_option('enable_xwayland')
 	subdir('xwayland')
 	wlr_parts += [lib_wlr_xwayland]
 	conf_data.set('WLR_HAS_XWAYLAND', true)
+	exclude_headers += 'xwayland.h'
+	exclude_headers += 'xwm.h'
 else
-	exclude_files += ['xwayland.h', 'xwm.h']
+	exclude_headers += 'xwayland.h'
+	exclude_headers += 'xwm.h'
 endif
-configure_file(output: 'config.h', install_dir: 'include/wlr', configuration: conf_data)
-install_subdir('include/wlr', install_dir: 'include', exclude_files: exclude_files)
+exclude_headers += 'meson.build'
+header_install_dir = 'include/@0@'.format(meson.project_name())
+install_subdir('include/wlr', install_dir: header_install_dir, exclude_files: exclude_headers)
 
 
+subdir('include')
 subdir('protocol')
 subdir('render')
 subdir('backend')
@@ -131,7 +142,8 @@ wlr_deps = [
 ]
 
 lib_wlr = library(
-	'wlroots',
+	meson.project_name(),
+	version: '.'.join(so_version),
 	link_whole: wlr_parts,
 	dependencies: wlr_deps,
 	include_directories: wlr_inc,
@@ -150,8 +162,9 @@ subdir('examples')
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
 pkgconfig.generate(
 	libraries: lib_wlr,
-	version: '0.0.1',
-	filebase: 'wlroots',
-	name: 'wlroots',
+	subdirs: '@0@'.format(meson.project_name()),
+	version: meson.project_version(),
+	filebase: meson.project_name(),
+	name: meson.project_name(),
 	description: 'Wayland compositor library',
 )
diff --git a/rootston/config.c b/rootston/config.c
index f369c4f5..f9fde369 100644
--- a/rootston/config.c
+++ b/rootston/config.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_box.h>
 #include "rootston/config.h"
diff --git a/rootston/desktop.c b/rootston/desktop.c
index a4692439..69dcf4a9 100644
--- a/rootston/desktop.c
+++ b/rootston/desktop.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <math.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_box.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_compositor.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_cursor.h>
diff --git a/rootston/main.c b/rootston/main.c
index 87f1c0b4..33ca6504 100644
--- a/rootston/main.c
+++ b/rootston/main.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <wayland-server.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/backend.h>
 #include <wlr/backend/headless.h>
 #include <wlr/backend/multi.h>
diff --git a/rootston/seat.c b/rootston/seat.c
index 635bc8b1..c2c7e3ea 100644
--- a/rootston/seat.c
+++ b/rootston/seat.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <wayland-server.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_xcursor_manager.h>
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 #include "rootston/xcursor.h"
diff --git a/rootston/xwayland.c b/rootston/xwayland.c
index b00b61bc..3d84dc19 100644
--- a/rootston/xwayland.c
+++ b/rootston/xwayland.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <wayland-server.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_box.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_surface.h>
 #include <wlr/xwayland.h>
diff --git a/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.c b/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.c
index 3d9dc404..ead5a73e 100644
--- a/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.c
+++ b/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <wayland-server.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_xdg_shell_v6.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_surface.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_seat.h>
diff --git a/xwayland/xwm.c b/xwayland/xwm.c
index d9bfaf2e..849acff8 100644
--- a/xwayland/xwm.c
+++ b/xwayland/xwm.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <xcb/xfixes.h>
 #include <xcb/xcb_image.h>
 #include <xcb/render.h>
-#include "config.h"
+#include <wlr/config.h>
 #include "wlr/util/log.h"
 #include "wlr/util/edges.h"
 #include "wlr/types/wlr_surface.h"