diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6eeb053..6c9f735 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 /i3-4.18.1.tar.bz2.asc
 /i3-4.18.2.tar.bz2.asc
 /i3-4.18.3.tar.bz2.asc
+/i3-4.19.tar.xz
+/i3-4.19.tar.xz.asc
diff --git a/i3.spec b/i3.spec
index bfdb5a8..53bfe80 100644
--- a/i3.spec
+++ b/i3.spec
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 Name:           i3
-Version:        4.18.3
+Version:        4.19
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Improved tiling window manager
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://i3wm.org
-Source0:        %{URL}/downloads/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Source1:        %{URL}/downloads/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2.asc
+Source0:        %{URL}/downloads/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Source1:        %{URL}/downloads/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz.asc
 # Michael Stapelberg's GPG key:
 Source2:        gpgkey-424E14D703E7C6D43D9D6F364E7160ED4AC8EE1D.gpg
 Source3:        %{name}-logo.svg
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
-BuildRequires:  autoconf
-BuildRequires:  automake
-# from configure.ac and DEPENDS (mostly versions)
+# need at least 0.53 to build the documentation
+BuildRequires:  meson >= 0.53
+# from meson.build
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config >= 0.25
 # no pkg-config for libev
 BuildRequires:  libev-devel >= 4.0
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ BuildRequires:  asciidoc >= 8.3.0
 BuildRequires:  xmlto >= 0.0.23
 
 # TODO: Testsuites
-# BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
+BuildRequires:  perl(AnyEvent)
+BuildRequires:  perl(AnyEvent::Util)
+BuildRequires:  perl(AnyEvent::Handle)
+BuildRequires:  perl(AnyEvent::I3)
+BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
 #BuildRequires:  perl(strict)
 #BuildRequires:  perl(warnings)
 #BuildRequires:  perl(Pod::Usage)
@@ -122,18 +126,14 @@ find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "i3*" -exec sed -i -e '1s;^#!/usr/bin/env perl;
 
 
 %build
-mkdir build && pushd build
-ln -s ../configure configure
-%configure
-%make_build
-popd
+%meson
+%meson_build
 
 doxygen pseudo-doc.doxygen
 mv pseudo-doc/html pseudo-doc/doxygen
 
 %install
-pushd build
-%make_install
+%meson_install
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/
 install -Dpm0644 man/*.1 \
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ install -Dpm0644 %{SOURCE3} \
 %ifnarch s390 s390x
 # TODO: with xorg dummy to test the package.
 # TODO: get remaining dependencies in
-# make check
+# %%meson_test
 %endif
 
 %files
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ install -Dpm0644 %{SOURCE3} \
 %doc pseudo-doc/doxygen/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec  2 2020 Dan Čermák <dan.cermak@cgc-instruments.com> - 4.19-1
+- New upstream release 4.19 (rhbz#1897937)
+
 * Tue Oct 20 2020 Dan Čermák <dan.cermak@cgc-instruments.com> - 4.18.3-1
 - New upstream release 4.18.3
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 403846d..4031c7a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (i3-4.18.3.tar.bz2) = 61599b79247ec546819bab22666a78fc8dc77eecbcf6055efb6b52720290fa7f72719ac6670396a6dfb54858781e438b5207c15fdf2cf9e2424a1b84ffeb749c
-SHA512 (i3-4.18.3.tar.bz2.asc) = b824feb2ba4a5228c9347e303704a1d52b8fc17fe1eb6fda9eb616515a8e048da2c6422d61d261f23a002d52c61aab640a8881ab902e2bbcc7604c30472c2bfe
+SHA512 (i3-4.19.tar.xz) = e9e85dfa099751e95f05e8ed5048535bc669d73c51d3bd7e83740ee79d613f981a1130c35f54fb4725b31d18bed63d6bd5efacce8e086483e28d7c778407653a
+SHA512 (i3-4.19.tar.xz.asc) = 3a1c17cfe355e3cfd3698fdb65def2ca797cdfed44f02496f4f9f0310ce0ec33349f31b38cdfd446c45345f1a6efa7abfd868f3e7232deff36a38b533e7ddfcc