diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson.options
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rename from meson_options.txt
rename to meson.options
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-devtools/meson_options.txt
rename to subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.options
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-docs/markdown/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.md b/subprojects/gst-docs/markdown/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.md
index 47d450bc3e..8485a0414f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-docs/markdown/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.md
+++ b/subprojects/gst-docs/markdown/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.md
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ rust plugins in `gst-build` (`rs` option), you would do:
 meson -Drs=disabled <build-directory>
 ```
 
-You can also peek at the `meson_options.txt` files and `subproject/xyz/meson_options.txt`
+You can also peek at the `meson.options` files and `subproject/xyz/meson.options`
 files which is where the various project specific build options are listed.
 These do not include all the standard Meson options however.
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-docs/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-docs/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-docs/meson_options.txt
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson_options.txt
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-examples/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-examples/meson_options.txt
rename to subprojects/gst-examples/meson.options
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-libav/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-libav/meson_options.txt
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson_options.txt
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson_options.txt
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson_options.txt
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.options
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-python/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-python/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-python/meson_options.txt
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/meson_options.txt
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diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer-sharp/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gstreamer-sharp/meson.options
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diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer-vaapi/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gstreamer-vaapi/meson.options
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diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.options
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rename from subprojects/gstreamer/meson_options.txt
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