diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ad9ecd7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+configure_file(input : 'Doxyfile.in',
+               output : 'Doxyfile',
+               configuration : conf_data)
+
+pod2html = find_program('pod2html', required: false)
+
+if pod2html.found()
+    custom_target('perl.html',
+              input: ['perl.pod'],
+              output: ['perl.html'],
+              command: [pod2html, '--outfile=@OUTPUT@', '--infile=@INPUT@'])
+
+    custom_target('perl-hooks.html',
+              input: ['../contrib/perl/hooks.pl'],
+              output: ['perl-hooks.html'],
+              command: [pod2html, '--outfile=@OUTPUT@', '--infile=@INPUT@'])
+endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 840ede633..902103383 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -707,4 +707,4 @@ configure_file(input : 'config2.h.in',
 subdir('po')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('contrib')
-#subdir('doc')
+subdir('doc')