diff --git a/buildfiles/ev_str.c b/buildfiles/ev_str.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e12b39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildfiles/ev_str.c
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+#define EV_STR_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include "../ev_str.h"
diff --git a/buildfiles/ev_vec.c b/buildfiles/ev_vec.c
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildfiles/ev_vec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define EV_VEC_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include "../ev_vec.h"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
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+++ b/meson.build
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+project('evol-headers', 'c')
+
+headers_include = include_directories('.')
+
+evh_c_args = []
+buildtype = get_option('buildtype')
+if buildtype == 'debug'
+  evh_c_args += '-DEV_BUILDTYPE_DEBUG=1'
+elif buildtype == 'debugoptimized'
+  evh_c_args += '-DEV_BUILDTYPE_DEBUGOPT=1'
+else
+  evh_c_args += '-DEV_BUILDTYPE_RELEASE=1'
+endif
+
+# All other targets should follow the same template
+str_lib = static_library('ev_str', files('buildfiles/ev_str.c'), c_args: evh_c_args)
+vec_lib = static_library('ev_vec', files('buildfiles/ev_vec.c'), c_args: evh_c_args)
+
+str_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: str_lib, include_directories: headers_include)
+vec_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: vec_lib, include_directories: headers_include)
+
+headers_dep = declare_dependency(
+  dependencies: [
+    str_dep,
+    vec_dep,
+  ]
+)
+
+if meson.version().version_compare('>= 0.54.0')
+  meson.override_dependency('ev_vec', vec_dep)
+  meson.override_dependency('ev_str', str_dep)
+  meson.override_dependency('evol-headers', headers_dep)
+endif