diff --git a/.ci/install.sh b/.ci/install.sh
index c48acf9ee..efc57a641 100755
--- a/.ci/install.sh
+++ b/.ci/install.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -e
 
 sudo apt-get -qq install libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev python3-tk\
                          ghostscript libffi-dev libjpeg-turbo-progs libopenjp2-7-dev\
-                         cmake imagemagick libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
+                         cmake meson imagemagick libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
 
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade wheel
diff --git a/depends/install_raqm.sh b/depends/install_raqm.sh
index 3105465ec..39b998d05 100755
--- a/depends/install_raqm.sh
+++ b/depends/install_raqm.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # install raqm
 
 
-archive=raqm-0.7.1
+archive=libraqm-0.8.0
 
 ./download-and-extract.sh $archive https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-pillow/pillow-depends/main/$archive.tar.gz
 
 pushd $archive
 
-./configure --prefix=/usr && make -j4 && sudo make -j4 install
+meson build --prefix=/usr && sudo ninja -C build install
 
 popd
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 0699ef341..ea0e78500 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ Prerequisites for **Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - 20.04 LTS** are installed with::
         libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python3-tk \
         libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev libxcb1-dev
 
-Then see ``depends/install_raqm.sh`` to install libraqm.
+To install libraqm, ``sudo apt-get install meson`` and then see
+``depends/install_raqm.sh``.
 
 Prerequisites are installed on recent **Red Hat**, **CentOS** or **Fedora** with::