diff --git a/packagelist b/packagelist
index 9900605d8f..5f4f6e44fa 100644
--- a/packagelist
+++ b/packagelist
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ makedeb-deb
 mangohud
 mcontrolcenter-bin
 megasync-deb
+meson-focal-deb
 micro
 microsoft-edge-beta-deb
 microsoft-edge-dev-deb
diff --git a/packages/libcamera-git/libcamera-git.pacscript b/packages/libcamera-git/libcamera-git.pacscript
index e1c6656241..e7b8c47009 100644
--- a/packages/libcamera-git/libcamera-git.pacscript
+++ b/packages/libcamera-git/libcamera-git.pacscript
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ name="libcamera-git"
 gives="libcamera"
 pkgver="0.1.0"
 url="https://git.libcamera.org/libcamera/libcamera.git"
-makedepends=("build-essential" "meson" "ninja-build" "pkg-config" "libyaml-dev" "python3-yaml" "python3-ply" "python3-jinja2" "libssl-dev" "openssl" "libdw-dev" "libunwind-dev" "libudev-dev" "python3-sphinx" "doxygen" "graphviz" "texlive-latex-extra" "libgstreamer1.0-dev" "libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev" "libdrm-dev" "libjpeg-dev" "libsdl2-dev" "libexif-dev" "qtbase5-dev" "libqt5core5a" "libqt5gui5" "libqt5widgets5" "qttools5-dev-tools" "libtiff-dev" "liblttng-ust-dev" "python3-jinja2" "lttng-tools")
+if [[ "$(lsb_release -cs)" == "focal" ]]; then
+  pacdeps=("meson-focal-deb")
+else
+ MESON="meson"
+fi
+makedepends=("build-essential" "${MESON}" "ninja-build" "pkg-config" "libyaml-dev" "python3-yaml" "python3-ply" "python3-jinja2" "libssl-dev" "openssl" "libdw-dev" "libunwind-dev" "libudev-dev" "python3-sphinx" "doxygen" "graphviz" "texlive-latex-extra" "libgstreamer1.0-dev" "libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev" "libdrm-dev" "libjpeg-dev" "libsdl2-dev" "libexif-dev" "qtbase5-dev" "libqt5core5a" "libqt5gui5" "libqt5widgets5" "qttools5-dev-tools" "libtiff-dev" "liblttng-ust-dev" "python3-jinja2" "lttng-tools")
 maintainer="Oren Klopfer <oren@taumoda.com>"
 pkgdesc="Open source camera stack and framework"
 pkgver() {
diff --git a/packages/meson-focal-deb/meson-focal-deb.pacscript b/packages/meson-focal-deb/meson-focal-deb.pacscript
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5876d2ae32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/meson-focal-deb/meson-focal-deb.pacscript
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name="meson-focal-deb"
+pkgver="0.61.2"
+gives="meson"
+url="https://github.com/oklopfer/debs/raw/master/meson-focal/${gives}_${pkgver}-1_all.deb"
+hash="d9c97eac0a3573a98db98a7e56e043968da8ad7908c31f6b16daa19febd28e9b"
+maintainer="Oren Klopfer <oren@taumoda.com>"
+pkgdesc="Special built meson for compiling on focal"
+arch=('any')