diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d67dcc0e..781fb03c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         libhdf5-dev
         liblapack-dev
         libopenmpi-dev
+        meson
         openmpi-bin
         openmpi-common
         openmpi-doc