diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
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+++ b/data/meson.build
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+install_data('10_mate-wayland.gschema.override',
+ install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'glib-2.0', 'schemas'),
+)
diff --git a/meson-postinstall.sh b/meson-postinstall.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -z "$DESTDIR" ]; then
+  echo Compiling GSettings schemas...
+  glib-compile-schemas ${MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+fi
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
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+project('mate-wayland-session',
+  version: '1.27.0',
+  meson_version: '>=0.50.0',
+  license: 'GPLv2+',
+)
+
+subdir('data')
+subdir('session')
+
+meson.add_install_script('meson-postinstall.sh')
diff --git a/session/meson.build b/session/meson.build
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+install_data('mate-wayland-components.sh',
+ install_dir: get_option('bindir'))
+
+install_data('mate-wayland.sh',
+ install_dir: get_option('bindir'))
+
+install_data('MATE.desktop',
+ install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'wayland-sessions'),
+)