diff --git a/devel/meson/Makefile b/devel/meson/Makefile
index 7b09227e6..3650d2e91 100644
--- a/devel/meson/Makefile
+++ b/devel/meson/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=meson
-PKG_VERSION:=0.54.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=0.55.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=meson
-PKG_HASH:=f2bdf4cf0694e696b48261cdd14380fb1d0fe33d24744d8b2df0c12f33ebb662
+PKG_HASH:=0a1ae2bfe2ae14ac47593537f93290fb79e9b775c55b4c53c282bc3ca3745b35
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
diff --git a/devel/meson/patches/010-Only-fix-RPATH-if-install_rpath-is-not-empty.patch b/devel/meson/patches/010-Only-fix-RPATH-if-install_rpath-is-not-empty.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c5651d26f..000000000
--- a/devel/meson/patches/010-Only-fix-RPATH-if-install_rpath-is-not-empty.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-From 4db4fd79d9bb2b98cea1117f22b6c97942ab2ecd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Eric Le Bihan <eric.le.bihan.dev@free.fr>
-Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 11:18:45 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Only fix RPATH if install_rpath is not empty
-
-Signed-off-by: Eric Le Bihan <eric.le.bihan.dev@free.fr>
-[Fix: remove leftover from original/unconditional code]
-Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
----
- mesonbuild/minstall.py | 10 ++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/mesonbuild/minstall.py b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
-index 8ac6aab1..7ef04116 100644
---- a/mesonbuild/minstall.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
-@@ -508,8 +508,14 @@ class Installer:
-             if file_copied:
-                 self.did_install_something = True
-                 try:
--                    depfixer.fix_rpath(outname, install_rpath, final_path,
--                                       install_name_mappings, verbose=False)
-+                    # Buildroot check-host-rpath script expects RPATH
-+                    # But if install_rpath is empty, it will stripped.
-+                    # So, preserve it in this case
-+                    if install_rpath:
-+                        depfixer.fix_rpath(outname, install_rpath, final_path,
-+                                           install_name_mappings, verbose=False)
-+                    else:
-+                        print("Skipping RPATH fixing")
-                 except SystemExit as e:
-                     if isinstance(e.code, int) and e.code == 0:
-                         pass
-
diff --git a/devel/meson/patches/010-no-distutils.patch b/devel/meson/patches/010-no-distutils.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fec648401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/meson/patches/010-no-distutils.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From 18955611bafb1924fd1e188359f62d0799acb77e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Hugo=20Beauz=C3=A9e-Luyssen?= <hugo@beauzee.fr>
+Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:40:01 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] modules: python: Fix python detection without distutils
+ module
+
+If distutils isn't present but not required by the called, we can still
+return a valid python installation
+---
+ mesonbuild/modules/python.py | 13 ++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/python.py b/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
+index a5c58a25c3..31406847a3 100644
+--- a/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
+@@ -266,10 +266,13 @@ import sys
+ install_paths = sysconfig.get_paths(scheme='posix_prefix', vars={'base': '', 'platbase': '', 'installed_base': ''})
+ 
+ def links_against_libpython():
+-    from distutils.core import Distribution, Extension
+-    cmd = Distribution().get_command_obj('build_ext')
+-    cmd.ensure_finalized()
+-    return bool(cmd.get_libraries(Extension('dummy', [])))
++    try:
++        from distutils.core import Distribution, Extension
++        cmd = Distribution().get_command_obj('build_ext')
++        cmd.ensure_finalized()
++        return bool(cmd.get_libraries(Extension('dummy', [])))
++    except ModuleNotFoundError:
++        return False
+ 
+ print (json.dumps ({
+   'variables': sysconfig.get_config_vars(),
+@@ -585,7 +588,7 @@ class PythonModule(ExtensionModule):
+             else:
+                 res = ExternalProgramHolder(NonExistingExternalProgram(), state.subproject)
+                 if required:
+-                    raise mesonlib.MesonException('{} is not a valid python or it is missing setuptools'.format(python))
++                    raise mesonlib.MesonException('{} is not a valid python'.format(python))
+ 
+         return res
+