diff --git a/graphene.changes b/graphene.changes
index f46b200..9b75b5e 100644
--- a/graphene.changes
+++ b/graphene.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec  6 14:13:57 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Use meson provided macros to build instead of carrying the long
+  meson command lines.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 28 00:01:10 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/graphene.spec b/graphene.spec
index 8d760db..3a80345 100644
--- a/graphene.spec
+++ b/graphene.spec
@@ -84,28 +84,14 @@ sed -i "s/©/(c)/" src/graphene-version.h.in
 # See gh#ebassie/graphene#82
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 %endif
-mkdir build
-pushd build
-meson \
-    --prefix=%{_prefix}   \
-    --bindir=%{_bindir}   \
-    --datadir=%{_datadir} \
-    --libdir=%{_libdir}   \
-    --includedir=%{_includedir} \
-    --libexecdir=%{_libexecdir} \
-    --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \
-    --mandir=%{_mandir} \
-    --default-library=shared \
-    .. # sources are in the parent directory
-ninja %{?_smp_mflags}
+%meson
+%meson_build
 
 %install
-pushd build
-DESTDIR=%{buildroot} ninja %{?_smp_mflags} install
+%meson_install
 
 %check
-pushd build
-ninja test
+%meson_test
 
 %post   -n libgraphene-1_0-0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libgraphene-1_0-0 -p /sbin/ldconfig