diff --git a/hw/Makefile.objs b/hw/Makefile.objs
index 4bdb674ef0..ebae00af6e 100644
--- a/hw/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOFTMMU), y)
 devices-dirs-$(call lor,$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_9P),$(call land,$(CONFIG_VIRTFS),$(CONFIG_XEN))) += 9pfs/
-devices-dirs-y += acpi/
 endif
 
 common-obj-y += $(devices-dirs-y)
diff --git a/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs b/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index 72886c7965..0000000000
--- a/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ACPI),y)
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_X86) += core.o piix4.o pcihp.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_X86_ICH) += ich9.o tco.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG) += cpu_hotplug.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG) += memory_hotplug.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG) += cpu.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_NVDIMM) += nvdimm.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_VMGENID) += vmgenid.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_HW_REDUCED) += generic_event_device.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_HMAT) += hmat.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_APEI) += ghes.o
-common-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_ACPI_X86)) += acpi-stub.o
-common-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_PC)) += acpi-x86-stub.o
-
-common-obj-y += acpi_interface.o
-common-obj-y += bios-linker-loader.o
-common-obj-y += aml-build.o utils.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PCI) += pci.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_TPM) += tpm.o
-
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_IPMI) += ipmi.o
-common-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_IPMI)) += ipmi-stub.o
-else
-common-obj-y += acpi-stub.o aml-build-stub.o
-endif
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ALL) += acpi-stub.o aml-build-stub.o acpi-x86-stub.o ipmi-stub.o
diff --git a/hw/acpi/meson.build b/hw/acpi/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd69577212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/acpi/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+acpi_ss = ss.source_set()
+acpi_ss.add(files(
+  'acpi_interface.c',
+  'aml-build.c',
+  'bios-linker-loader.c',
+  'utils.c',
+))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG', if_true: files('cpu.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG', if_true: files('cpu_hotplug.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG', if_true: files('memory_hotplug.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_NVDIMM', if_true: files('nvdimm.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_PCI', if_true: files('pci.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_VMGENID', if_true: files('vmgenid.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_HW_REDUCED', if_true: files('generic_event_device.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_HMAT', if_true: files('hmat.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_APEI', if_true: files('ghes.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_X86', if_true: files('core.c', 'piix4.c', 'pcihp.c'), if_false: files('acpi-stub.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_X86_ICH', if_true: files('ich9.c', 'tco.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IPMI', if_true: files('ipmi.c'), if_false: files('ipmi-stub.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PC', if_false: files('acpi-x86-stub.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TPM', if_true: files('tpm.c'))
+softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI', if_false: files('acpi-stub.c', 'aml-build-stub.c'))
+softmmu_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI', if_true: acpi_ss)
+softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ALL', if_true: files('acpi-stub.c', 'aml-build-stub.c',
+                                                  'acpi-x86-stub.c', 'ipmi-stub.c'))
diff --git a/hw/meson.build b/hw/meson.build
index ffa3f06dc0..55ca2b2b61 100644
--- a/hw/meson.build
+++ b/hw/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+subdir('acpi')
 subdir('adc')
 subdir('audio')
 subdir('block')