diff --git a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
index cae3673c8d4..74c74851787 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2024 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2025 Aiden Isik <aidenisik+git@member.fsf.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2025 Josep Bigorra <jjbigorra@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2025 John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -344,6 +345,19 @@ files}, are written in a custom domain-specific language (@dfn{DSL}) that
 resembles Python.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
+(define-public meson-1.8
+  (package
+    (inherit meson)
+    (version "1.8.3")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/"
+                                  "releases/download/" version  "/meson-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1gvs2mm6z2b4pgsv1d9gl7cm68gqvcr244nh5p63g8f01y8sl67i"))))))
+
 (define-public meson-python
   (package
     (name "meson-python")