diff --git a/gst/meson.build b/gst/meson.build
index d07c795ce6..1017adf302 100644
--- a/gst/meson.build
+++ b/gst/meson.build
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ subdir('mpegpsmux')
 subdir('mpegtsdemux')
 subdir('mpegtsmux')
 subdir('mxf')
+subdir('netsim')
 subdir('onvif')
 subdir('pcapparse')
 subdir('pnm')
diff --git a/gst/netsim/meson.build b/gst/netsim/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2cc1d3226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst/netsim/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+netsim_sources = [
+  'gstnetsim.c',
+]
+
+gstnetsim = library('gstnetsim',
+  netsim_sources,
+  c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
+  include_directories : [configinc],
+  dependencies : [gstbase_dep],
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
+)