diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05f149c..85720ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ Feature *non-goals* for the main codebase include:
 dwl has only two dependencies: `wlroots` and `wayland-protocols`. 
 
 Simply install these (and their `-devel` versions if your distro has separate
-development packages) and run `make`.  If you wish to build against a Git
+development packages) and run `meson setup build`.  If you wish to build against a Git
 version of wlroots, check out the [wlroots-next branch].
 
-To enable XWayland, you should also install xorg-xwayland and uncomment its flag
-in `config.mk`.
+To enable XWayland, you should also install xorg-xwayland and build with `-Dxwayland=enabled`.
 
 ## Configuration