diff --git a/macros.meson b/macros.meson
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1e8f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros.meson
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+%__meson %{_bindir}/meson
+%__meson_wrap_mode nodownload
+
+%meson \
+    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-%optflags}"       \
+    export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:-%optflags}" \
+    export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS:-%optflags}"       \
+    export FCFLAGS="${FCFLAGS}"    \
+    export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"    \
+    %{__meson}                              \\\
+        --buildtype=plain                   \\\
+        --prefix=%{_prefix}                 \\\
+        --libdir=%{_libdir}                 \\\
+        --libexecdir=%{_libexecdir}         \\\
+        --bindir=%{_bindir}                 \\\
+        --sbindir=%{_sbindir}               \\\
+        --includedir=%{_includedir}         \\\
+        --datadir=%{_datadir}               \\\
+        --mandir=%{_mandir}                 \\\
+        --infodir=%{_infodir}               \\\
+        --localedir=%{_datadir}/locale      \\\
+        --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir}         \\\
+        --localstatedir=%{_localstatedir}   \\\
+        --sharedstatedir=%{_sharedstatedir} \\\
+        --wrap-mode=%{__meson_wrap_mode}    \\\
+        . build \\\
+        %{nil}
+
+%meson_build \
+    ninja -C build
+
+%meson_install \
+    export DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" \
+    ninja install -C build
+
+%meson_test \
+    ninja test -C build || \
+    ( rc=$?; \
+      echo "-----BEGIN TESTLOG-----"; \
+      cat %{_vpath_builddir}/meson-logs/testlog.txt; \
+      echo "-----END TESTLOG-----"; \
+      exit $rc; )
diff --git a/meson.spec b/meson.spec
index 09d394f..d48874a 100644
--- a/meson.spec
+++ b/meson.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:          meson
 Version:       0.49.0
-Release:       1mamba
+Release:       2mamba
 Summary:       The Meson Build System
 Group:         Development/Tools
 Vendor:        openmamba
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 URL:           http://mesonbuild.com/
 ## GITSOURCE https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson.git 0.43.0
 Source:        https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson.git/%{version}/meson-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source1:       macros.meson
 Patch0:        meson-0.48.1-rpm-macros.patch
 License:       Apache License 2.0
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ The Meson Build System.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
+#%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python36} setup.py build
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python36} setup.py build
 
 sed -i "s,.*/man/.*,&.gz," %{name}.filelist
 
-install -D -m0644 data/macros.meson %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.meson
+install -D -m0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.meson
 
 %find_lang %{name} || touch %{name}.lang
 
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ install -D -m0644 data/macros.meson %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.meson
 %doc COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 24 2018 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 0.49.0-2mamba
+- install macros.meson from 0.47 instead of patching incompatible macros.meson provided internally
+
 * Mon Dec 10 2018 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 0.49.0-1mamba
 - automatic version update by autodist