diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5646d69b..81bef6d1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
-.PHONY: default release clean build build-app build-server run dist dist-zip sums test
+# This makefile provides recipes to build a "portable" version of scrcpy.
+#
+# Here, "portable" means that the client and server binaries are expected to be
+# anywhere, but in the same directory, instead of well-defined separate
+# locations (e.g. /usr/bin/scrcpy and /usr/share/scrcpy/scrcpy-server.jar).
+#
+# In particular, this implies to change the location from where the client push
+# the server to the device.
+#
+# "make release-portable" builds a zip containing the client and the server.
+#
+# This is a simple Makefile because Meson is not flexible enough to execute some
+# arbitrary commands.
+
+.PHONY: default clean release-portable dist-portable dist-portable-zip sums test check
 
 GRADLE ?= ./gradlew
 
-APP_BUILD_DIR := app-build
-APP_BUILD_DEBUG_DIR := app-build-debug
+PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR := build-portable
 DIST := dist
 TARGET_DIR := scrcpy
 
@@ -11,47 +24,28 @@ VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --always)
 TARGET := $(TARGET_DIR)-$(VERSION).zip
 
 default:
-	@echo 'You must specify a target. Try: make release'
-
-release: clean dist-zip sums
+	@echo 'You must specify a target. Try: make release-portable'
 
 clean:
 	$(GRADLE) clean
-	rm -rf "$(APP_BUILD_DIR)" "$(APP_BUILD_DEBUG_DIR)" "$(DIST)"
+	rm -rf "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)" "$(DIST)"
 
-build-app-debug:
-	[ -d "$(APP_BUILD_DEBUG_DIR)" ] || ( mkdir "$(APP_BUILD_DEBUG_DIR)" && \
-		meson app "$(APP_BUILD_DEBUG_DIR)" --buildtype debug )
-	ninja -C "$(APP_BUILD_DEBUG_DIR)"
+build-portable:
+	[ -d "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)" ] || ( mkdir "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)" && \
+		meson "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)" \
+			--buildtype release --strip -Db_lto=true \
+			-Dapp:override_server_jar=scrcpy-server.jar )
+	ninja -C "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)"
 
-build-server-debug:
-	$(GRADLE) assembleDebug
+release-portable: clean dist-portable-zip sums
+	@echo "Release created in $(DIST)/."
 
-build-debug: build-app-debug build-server-debug
-
-run-debug:
-	SCRCPY_SERVER_JAR=server/build/outputs/apk/debug/server-debug.apk $(APP_BUILD_DEBUG_DIR)/scrcpy $(ARGS)
-
-build-app:
-	[ -d "$(APP_BUILD_DIR)" ] || ( mkdir "$(APP_BUILD_DIR)" && \
-		meson app "$(APP_BUILD_DIR)" --buildtype release -Db_lto )
-	ninja -C "$(APP_BUILD_DIR)"
-
-build-server:
-	$(GRADLE) assembleRelease
-
-build: build-app build-server
-
-run:
-	SCRCPY_SERVER_JAR=server/build/outputs/apk/release/server-release-unsigned.apk $(APP_BUILD_DIR)/scrcpy $(ARGS)
-
-dist: build
+dist-portable: build-portable
 	mkdir -p "$(DIST)/$(TARGET_DIR)"
-	# no need to sign the APK, we dont "install" it, this is in fact a simple jar
-	cp server/build/outputs/apk/release/server-release-unsigned.apk "$(DIST)/$(TARGET_DIR)/scrcpy-server.jar"
-	cp $(APP_BUILD_DIR)/scrcpy "$(DIST)/$(TARGET_DIR)/"
+	cp "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)"/server/scrcpy-server.jar "$(DIST)/$(TARGET_DIR)/"
+	cp "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)"/app/scrcpy "$(DIST)/$(TARGET_DIR)/"
 
-dist-zip: dist
+dist-portable-zip: dist-portable
 	cd "$(DIST)"; \
 		zip -r "$(TARGET)" "$(TARGET_DIR)"
 
@@ -59,6 +53,10 @@ sums:
 	cd "$(DIST)"; \
 		sha256sum *.zip > SHA256SUM.txt
 
-test:
+test: build-portable
 	$(GRADLE) test
-	ninja -C "$(APP_BUILD_DIR)" test
+	ninja -C "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)" test
+
+check: build-portable
+	$(GRADLE) check
+	ninja -C "$(PORTABLE_BUILD_DIR)" test
diff --git a/app/meson.build b/app/meson.build
index 31fea04a..6ff484a8 100644
--- a/app/meson.build
+++ b/app/meson.build
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ conf.set('BUILD_DEBUG', get_option('buildtype') == 'debug')
 # (conf.set_quoted() is not available on old versions of meson)
 conf.set('SCRCPY_VERSION', '"0.1"')
 
+# the prefix used during configuration (meson --prefix=PREFIX)
+conf.set('PREFIX', '"' + get_option('prefix') + '"')
+
+# the path of the server, which will be appended to the prefix
+# ignored if OVERRIDE_SERVER_JAR if defined
+# must be consistent with the install_dir in server/meson.build
+conf.set('PREFIXED_SERVER_JAR', '"/share/scrcpy/scrcpy-server.jar"')
+
+# the path of the server to be used "as is"
+# this is useful for building a "portable" version (with the server in the same
+# directory as the client)
+override_server_jar = get_option('override_server_jar')
+if override_server_jar != ''
+    conf.set('OVERRIDE_SERVER_JAR', '"' + override_server_jar + '"')
+endif
+
 # the default client TCP port for the "adb reverse" tunnel
 # overridden by option --port
 conf.set('DEFAULT_LOCAL_PORT', '27183')
@@ -61,7 +77,7 @@ conf.set('SKIP_FRAMES', true)
 
 configure_file(configuration: conf, input: 'src/config.h.in', output: 'config.h')
 
-executable('scrcpy', src, dependencies: dependencies)
+executable('scrcpy', src, dependencies: dependencies, install: true)
 
 
 ### TESTS
diff --git a/app/meson_options.txt b/app/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e2768e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+option('override_server_jar', type: 'string')
diff --git a/app/src/config.h.in b/app/src/config.h.in
index cb8ea5f0..f2c439b8 100644
--- a/app/src/config.h.in
+++ b/app/src/config.h.in
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #mesondefine BUILD_DEBUG
 #mesondefine SCRCPY_VERSION
+#mesondefine PREFIX
+#mesondefine PREFIXED_SERVER_JAR
+#mesondefine OVERRIDE_SERVER_JAR
 #mesondefine DEFAULT_LOCAL_PORT
 #mesondefine DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE
 #mesondefine DEFAULT_BIT_RATE
diff --git a/app/src/server.c b/app/src/server.c
index 333285f9..614f78d7 100644
--- a/app/src/server.c
+++ b/app/src/server.c
@@ -4,17 +4,28 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "config.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "netutil.h"
 
 #define SOCKET_NAME "scrcpy"
 
-static SDL_bool push_server(const char *serial) {
+#ifdef OVERRIDE_SERVER_JAR
+# define DEFAULT_SERVER_JAR OVERRIDE_SERVER_JAR
+#else
+# define DEFAULT_SERVER_JAR PREFIX PREFIXED_SERVER_JAR
+#endif
+
+static const char *get_server_path(void) {
     const char *server_path = getenv("SCRCPY_SERVER_JAR");
     if (!server_path) {
-        server_path = "scrcpy-server.jar";
+        server_path = DEFAULT_SERVER_JAR;
     }
-    process_t process = adb_push(serial, server_path, "/data/local/tmp/scrcpy-server.jar");
+    return server_path;
+}
+
+static SDL_bool push_server(const char *serial) {
+    process_t process = adb_push(serial, get_server_path(), "/data/local/tmp/scrcpy-server.jar");
     return process_check_success(process, "adb push");
 }
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb94df9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+project('scrcpy', 'c', subproject_dir: '.')
+
+subproject('app')
+subproject('server')
+
+run_target('run', command: ['scripts/run-scrcpy.sh'])
diff --git a/scripts/run-scrcpy.sh b/scripts/run-scrcpy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..62ff9b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-scrcpy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SCRCPY_SERVER_JAR="$MESON_BUILD_ROOT/server/scrcpy-server.jar" "$MESON_BUILD_ROOT/app/scrcpy"
diff --git a/server/meson.build b/server/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa5dc727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+project('scrcpy-server', 'c')  # not really c, but meson expects something
+
+# does not track dependencies, so meson does not guarantees that server is up to date
+# call "touch server" or "ninja -t clean server/scrcpy-server.jar" before to rebuild
+custom_target('scrcpy-server',
+              build_always: false, # do not enable, otherwise "sudo ninja install" will execute gradle!
+              input: '.',
+              output: 'scrcpy-server.jar',
+              command: [find_program('./scripts/build-wrapper.sh'), '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@', get_option('buildtype')],
+              install: true,
+              install_dir: 'share/scrcpy')
diff --git a/server/scripts/build-wrapper.sh b/server/scripts/build-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c21e946f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/scripts/build-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Wrapper script to invoke gradle from meson
+set -e
+
+PROJECT_ROOT="$1"
+OUTPUT="$2"
+BUILDTYPE="$3"
+
+# gradlew is in the parent of the server directory
+GRADLE=${GRADLE:-$PROJECT_ROOT/../gradlew}
+
+if [[ "$BUILDTYPE" == debug ]]
+then
+    "$GRADLE" -p "$PROJECT_ROOT" assembleDebug
+    cp "$PROJECT_ROOT/build/outputs/apk/debug/server-debug.apk" "$OUTPUT"
+else
+    "$GRADLE" -p "$PROJECT_ROOT" assembleRelease
+    cp "$PROJECT_ROOT/build/outputs/apk/release/server-release-unsigned.apk" "$OUTPUT"
+fi