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+project (
+  'carla', ['c', 'cpp',],
+  license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
+  default_options: [
+    'cpp_std=c++14',
+    'buildtype=debugoptimized',
+    'warning_level=1',
+    ],
+  # see also source/frontend/carla_shared.py and source/includes/CarlaDefines.h
+  version: '2.5.1',
+  )
+
+pkgconfig_mod = import ('pkgconfig')
+
+is_darwin = false
+is_linux = false
+is_freebsd = false
+is_windows = false
+bin_suffix = ''
+lib_suffix = '.so'
+
+if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+  is_darwin = true
+  lib_suffix = '.dylib'
+elif host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+  is_linux = true
+elif host_machine.system() == 'freebsd'
+  is_freebsd = true
+elif host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  is_windows = true
+  bin_suffix = '.exe'
+  lib_suffix = '.dll'
+else
+  error ('unknown host system ' + host_machine.system ())
+endif
+
+if is_darwin
+  add_languages ('objc')
+endif
+
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+is_gcc = cpp.get_id () == 'gcc'
+
+# === Dependencies ===
+
+add_project_arguments (
+  '-DREAL_BUILD',
+  '-DCARLA_LIB_EXT="' + lib_suffix + '"',
+  '-DHAVE_FLUIDSYNTH=1',
+  '-DHAVE_LIBLO=1',
+  '-DUSING_JUCE',
+  '-DJUCE_APP_CONFIG_HEADER="AppConfig.h"',
+  '-mtune=generic',
+  '-msse',
+  '-msse2',
+  '-mfpmath=sse',
+  language: [ 'c', 'cpp', ],
+  )
+
+if is_linux or is_freebsd
+  add_project_arguments (
+    '-DHAVE_X11=1',
+    '-ffast-math',
+    language: ['c', 'cpp',],
+    )
+endif
+
+if is_windows
+  add_project_arguments (
+    '-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600',
+    language: ['c', 'cpp',],
+    )
+endif
+
+if get_option ('buildtype') == 'debug'
+  add_project_arguments (
+    '-DDEBUG',
+    language: ['c', 'cpp',],
+    )
+endif
+
+# === Libraries ===
+
+carla_engine_plugin_srcs = []
+carla_plugin_srcs = []
+native_plugins_srcs = []
+
+source_backend_inc = include_directories ('source/backend')
+source_includes_inc = include_directories ('source/includes')
+source_includes_vst3sdk_inc = include_directories ('source/includes/vst3sdk')
+source_modules_inc = include_directories ('source/modules')
+source_utils_inc = include_directories ('source/utils')
+source_inc = include_directories ('source')
+
+lilv_config_inc = include_directories ('source/modules/lilv/config')
+
+serd_lib = static_library ('serd',
+  'source/modules/lilv/serd.c',
+  include_directories: [
+    'source/modules/lilv/serd-0.24.0',
+    lilv_config_inc,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+serd_dep = declare_dependency (
+  include_directories: 'source/modules/lilv/serd-0.24.0',
+  link_with: serd_lib)
+
+sord_lib = static_library ('sord',
+  'source/modules/lilv/sord.c',
+  include_directories: [
+    'source/modules/lilv/sord-0.16.0',
+    'source/modules/lilv/sord-0.16.0/src',
+    lilv_config_inc,
+    ],
+  dependencies: serd_dep,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+sord_dep = declare_dependency (
+  include_directories: 'source/modules/lilv/sord-0.16.0',
+  dependencies: serd_dep,
+  link_with: sord_lib)
+
+sratom_lib = static_library ('sratom',
+  'source/modules/lilv/sratom.c',
+  include_directories: [
+    'source/modules/lilv/sratom-0.6.0',
+    lilv_config_inc,
+    source_includes_inc,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  dependencies: sord_dep,
+  )
+sratom_dep = declare_dependency (
+  include_directories: 'source/modules/lilv/sratom-0.6.0',
+  dependencies: sord_dep,
+  link_with: sratom_lib)
+
+lilv_lib = static_library ('lilv',
+  'source/modules/lilv/lilv.c',
+  include_directories: [
+    'source/modules/lilv/lilv-0.24.0',
+    'source/modules/lilv/lilv-0.24.0/src',
+    lilv_config_inc,
+    source_includes_inc,
+    ],
+  dependencies: sratom_dep,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+rtmempool_lib = static_library ('rtmempool',
+  'source/modules/rtmempool/rtmempool.c',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    ],
+  )
+
+audio_decoder_srcs = [
+  'source/modules/audio_decoder/ad_dr_mp3.c',
+  'source/modules/audio_decoder/ad_ffmpeg.c',
+  'source/modules/audio_decoder/ad_minimp3.c',
+  'source/modules/audio_decoder/ad_plugin.c',
+  'source/modules/audio_decoder/ad_soundfile.c',
+  ]
+audio_decoder_lib = static_library ('audio_decoder',
+  audio_decoder_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    ],
+  )
+
+sfzero_lib = static_library ('sfzero',
+  'source/modules/sfzero/SFZero.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    ],
+  link_with: audio_decoder_lib,
+  dependencies: [
+    dependency ('threads'),
+    ],
+  )
+
+water_lib = static_library ('water',
+  'source/modules/water/water.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+ysfx_flags = [
+  '-fsigned-char',
+  '-DEELSCRIPT_NO_NET',
+  '-DEELSCRIPT_NO_LICE',
+  '-DNSEEL_ATOF=ysfx_wdl_atof',
+  '-DWDL_FFT_REALSIZE=8',
+  '-DWDL_LINEPARSE_ATOF=ysfx_wdl_atof',
+  '-DYSFX_API=',
+  '-DYSFX_NO_STANDARD_MUTEX',
+  '-Wno-sign-compare',
+  '-Wno-unused-function',
+  '-Wno-unused-parameter',
+  ]
+
+if is_windows
+  ysfx_flags += [
+    '-DNOMINMAX',
+    ]
+elif is_darwin
+else
+  ysfx_flags += [
+    '-DSWELL_LICE_GDI',
+    '-DSWELL_FONTCONFIG',
+    '-DSWELL_FREETYPE',
+    ]
+endif
+
+ysfx_srcs = [
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/lice_stb/lice_stb_bmp.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/lice_stb/lice_stb_gif.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/lice_stb/lice_stb_jpg.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/lice_stb/lice_stb_loaders.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/lice_stb/lice_stb_png.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/lice_stb/lice_stb_write.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_api_eel.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_api_file.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_api_gfx.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_api_reaper.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_audio_flac.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_audio_wav.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_config.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_eel_utils.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_midi.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_parse.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_parse_menu.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_preset.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_reader.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_utils.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/sources/ysfx_utils_fts.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/fft.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/eel2/nseel-caltab.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/eel2/nseel-cfunc.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/eel2/nseel-compiler.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/eel2/nseel-eval.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/eel2/nseel-lextab.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/eel2/nseel-ram.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/eel2/nseel-yylex.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/eel2/y.tab.c',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice_arc.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice_colorspace.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice_image.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice_line.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice_palette.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice_texgen.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice_text.cpp',
+  'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/lice/lice_textnew.cpp',
+  ]
+
+if is_gcc
+  ysfx_srcs += [
+    'source/modules/ysfx/sources/eel2-gas/sources/asm-nseel-x64-sse.S',
+    ]
+endif
+
+if is_windows
+  ysfx_srcs += [
+    'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/win32_utf8.c',
+    ]
+else # windows
+  ysfx_srcs += [
+    'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-ini.cpp',
+    'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell.cpp',
+    ]
+  if is_darwin
+    ysfx_srcs += [
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-appstub.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-dlg.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-gdi.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-kb.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-menu.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-misc.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-miscdlg.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-modstub.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-wnd.mm',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swellappmain.mm',
+      ]
+  else # macos
+    ysfx_srcs += [
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-appstub-generic.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-dlg-generic.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-gdi-generic.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-gdi-lice.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-generic-gdk.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-generic-headless.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-kb-generic.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-menu-generic.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-misc-generic.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-miscdlg-generic.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-modstub-generic.cpp',
+      'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/swell/swell-wnd-generic.cpp',
+      ]
+  endif # macos
+endif # windows
+
+ysfx_lib = static_library ('ysfx',
+  ysfx_srcs,
+  cpp_args: ysfx_flags,
+  include_directories: [
+    'source/modules/ysfx/include',
+    'source/modules/ysfx/sources',
+    'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source',
+    'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/dr_libs',
+    'source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/stb',
+    ],
+  dependencies: [
+    dependency('threads'),
+    dependency('fontconfig'),
+    dependency('freetype2'),
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+zita_resampler_srcs = [
+  'source/modules/zita-resampler/cresampler.cc',
+  'source/modules/zita-resampler/resampler-table.cc',
+  'source/modules/zita-resampler/resampler.cc',
+  'source/modules/zita-resampler/vresampler.cc',
+  ]
+zita_resampler_lib = static_library ('zita_resampler',
+  zita_resampler_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    ],
+  )
+
+juce_core_lib = static_library ('juce_core',
+  'source/modules/juce_core/juce_core.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_modules_inc,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+juce_data_structures_lib = static_library ('juce_data_structures',
+  'source/modules/juce_data_structures/juce_data_structures.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_includes_vst3sdk_inc,
+    ],
+  cpp_args: [
+    '-DRELEASE',
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+juce_gui_extra_lib = static_library ('juce_gui_extra',
+  'source/modules/juce_gui_extra/juce_gui_extra.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_includes_vst3sdk_inc,
+    ],
+  cpp_args: [
+    '-DRELEASE',
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+# needed for older mingw, crashes on optimized float operations
+juce_audio_basics_args = []
+if is_windows
+  juce_audio_basics_args += [
+    '-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2',
+    ]
+endif
+
+juce_audio_basics_lib = static_library ('juce_audio_basics',
+  'source/modules/juce_audio_basics/juce_audio_basics.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_modules_inc,
+    ],
+  cpp_args: juce_audio_basics_args,
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+juce_audio_processors_lib = static_library ('juce_audio_processors',
+  'source/modules/juce_audio_processors/juce_audio_processors.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_includes_vst3sdk_inc,
+    ],
+  cpp_args: [
+    '-DRELEASE',
+    ],
+  link_with: [
+    juce_data_structures_lib,
+    juce_gui_extra_lib,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+juce_events_lib = static_library ('juce_events',
+  'source/modules/juce_events/juce_events.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_modules_inc,
+    ],
+  link_with: [
+    juce_core_lib,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+juce_graphics_deps = []
+if is_linux
+  juce_graphics_deps += dependency ('freetype2')
+endif
+
+juce_graphics_lib = static_library ('juce_graphics',
+  'source/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_includes_vst3sdk_inc,
+    ],
+  cpp_args: [
+    '-DRELEASE',
+    ],
+  dependencies: [
+    juce_graphics_deps,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+juce_gui_basics_lib = static_library ('juce_gui_basics',
+  'source/modules/juce_gui_basics/juce_gui_basics.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_modules_inc,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+carla_juce_lib = static_library ('carla_juce',
+  'source/modules/carla_juce/carla_juce.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    ],
+  link_with: [
+    juce_events_lib,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'inlineshidden',
+  )
+
+source_utils_srcs = [
+  'source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.cpp',
+  ]
+source_utils_lib = static_library ('source_utils',
+  source_utils_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    ],
+  link_with: [
+    water_lib,
+    ],
+  )
+
+jackbridge_srcs = [
+  'source/jackbridge/JackBridge1.cpp',
+  'source/jackbridge/JackBridge2.cpp',
+  'source/jackbridge/JackBridge3.cpp',
+  'source/jackbridge/JackBridgeExport.cpp',
+  ]
+jackbridge_lib = static_library ('jackbridge',
+  jackbridge_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    ],
+  )
+
+backend_utils_srcs = [
+  'source/backend/utils/CachedPlugins.cpp',
+  'source/backend/utils/Information.cpp',
+  'source/backend/utils/JUCE.cpp',
+  'source/backend/utils/PipeClient.cpp',
+  'source/backend/utils/System.cpp',
+  'source/backend/utils/Windows.cpp',
+  ]
+backend_utils_lib = static_library ('backend_utils',
+  backend_utils_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_backend_inc,
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    source_inc,
+    ],
+  )
+
+carla_engine_srcs = [
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngine.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineClient.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineData.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineGraph.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineInternal.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineNative.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEnginePorts.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineRunner.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineDummy.cpp',
+  ]
+
+backend_engine_lib = static_library ('carla_engine',
+  carla_engine_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_backend_inc,
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    source_inc,
+    ],
+  link_with: [
+    water_lib,
+    jackbridge_lib,
+    ],
+  )
+
+backend_plugin_srcs = files([
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPlugin.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginAU.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginBridge.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginCLAP.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginFluidSynth.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginJack.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginJSFX.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginJuce.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginLADSPADSSI.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginLV2.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginNative.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginSFZero.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginVST2.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginVST3.cpp',
+  ])
+
+backend_plugin_lib = static_library ('backend_plugin',
+  backend_plugin_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_backend_inc,
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    source_inc,
+    ],
+  link_with: [
+    water_lib,
+    jackbridge_lib,
+    rtmempool_lib,
+    ysfx_lib,
+    ],
+  dependencies: [
+    dependency ('threads'),
+    ],
+  )
+
+carla_discovery_exe = executable ('carla-discovery-native',
+  'source/discovery/carla-discovery.cpp',
+  include_directories: [
+    source_backend_inc,
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    source_inc,
+    ],
+  link_with: [
+    carla_juce_lib,
+    backend_plugin_lib,
+    water_lib,
+    lilv_lib,
+    juce_audio_basics_lib,
+    juce_audio_processors_lib,
+    juce_graphics_lib,
+    juce_gui_basics_lib,
+    ],
+  dependencies: [
+    dependency ('fluidsynth'),
+    ],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: get_option('libdir') / 'carla',
+  )
+
+source_native_plugins_srcs = [
+  'source/native-plugins/audio-file.cpp',
+  'source/native-plugins/audio-gain.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/bypass.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/cv-to-audio.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/lfo.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-to-cv.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-channel-ab.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-channelize.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-channel-filter.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-file.cpp',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-gain.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-join.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-split.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-through.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/midi-transpose.c',
+  ]
+
+source_native_plugins_lib = static_library ('source_native_plugins',
+  source_native_plugins_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    ],
+  link_with: [
+    zita_resampler_lib,
+    ],
+  )
+
+carla_plugin_deps = [
+  dependency ('fluidsynth'),
+  dependency ('liblo'),
+  dependency ('threads'),
+  ]
+if is_linux or is_freebsd
+  carla_plugin_deps += [
+    dependency ('x11'),
+    dependency ('xcursor'),
+    dependency ('xext'),
+    ]
+endif
+
+carla_host_plugin_srcs = [
+  'source/plugin/carla-host-plugin.cpp',
+  'source/native-plugins/_all.c',
+  'source/native-plugins/_data.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineOsc.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineOscSend.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineOscHandlers.cpp',
+  'source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineNative.cpp',
+  'source/backend/plugin/CarlaPlugin.cpp',
+  'source/utils/CarlaDssiUtils.cpp',
+  'source/utils/CarlaPluginUI.cpp',
+  'source/utils/CarlaStateUtils.cpp',
+  'source/utils/CarlaProcessUtils.cpp',
+  ]
+
+carla_host_plugin_lib = both_libraries ('carla_host-plugin',
+  carla_host_plugin_srcs,
+  include_directories: [
+    source_backend_inc,
+    source_includes_inc,
+    source_modules_inc,
+    source_utils_inc,
+    ],
+  cpp_args: [
+    '-DCARLA_PLUGIN_UI_CLASS_PREFIX=Plugin',
+    ],
+  dependencies: carla_plugin_deps,
+  link_with: [
+    lilv_lib,
+    backend_plugin_lib,
+    backend_engine_lib,
+    source_utils_lib,
+    source_native_plugins_lib,
+    ysfx_lib,
+    water_lib,
+    jackbridge_lib,
+    sfzero_lib,
+    carla_juce_lib,
+    juce_audio_basics_lib,
+    juce_audio_processors_lib,
+    juce_graphics_lib,
+    juce_gui_basics_lib,
+    ],
+  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'hidden',
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: get_option('libdir') / 'carla',
+  )
+
+carla_host_plugin_dep = declare_dependency (
+  link_with: carla_host_plugin_lib)
+
+pkgconfig_mod.generate (
+  carla_host_plugin_lib,
+  subdirs: 'carla',
+  extra_cflags: [
+    '-DREAL_BUILD',
+    '-I${includedir}/carla/includes',
+    ],
+  filebase: 'carla-host-plugin',
+  name: 'carla-host-plugin',
+  install_dir: get_option('libdir') / 'pkgconfig',
+  description: 'Carla Host as Native Plugin')
+
+install_headers (
+  'source/includes/CarlaDefines.h',
+  'source/includes/CarlaMIDI.h',
+  'source/includes/CarlaNative.h',
+  'source/includes/CarlaNativePlugin.h',
+  subdir: 'carla/includes')
+
+install_headers (
+  'source/backend/CarlaBackend.h',
+  'source/backend/CarlaHost.h',
+  'source/backend/CarlaUtils.h',
+  subdir: 'carla')
diff --git a/source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/wdlutf8.h b/source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/wdlutf8.h
index 465a50726..c85ebcf62 100644
--- a/source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/wdlutf8.h
+++ b/source/modules/ysfx/thirdparty/WDL/source/WDL/wdlutf8.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ misrepresented as being the original software.
  * todo: handle multi-byte (make WideStr support UTF-16)
  */
 
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include "wdltypes.h"
 
 #ifndef WDL_WCHAR