diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 86963c88f..8df4b7e7a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -105,16 +105,13 @@ else
     message('System luajit not found; using built-in luajit')
 endif
 
-lua_names = ['lua', 'luajit', 'lua5.3', 'lua5.2', 'lua-5.2', 'lua5.1', 'lua-5.1']
 if not deps.contains(luajit)
     luajit_sp = subproject('luajit')
     luajit_inc = luajit_sp.get_variable('incdir')
     deps += luajit_sp.get_variable('luajit_dep')
-    lua_names += luajit_sp.get_variable('minilua').full_path()
 else
     luajit_inc = include_directories(luajit.get_pkgconfig_variable('includedir'))
 endif
-lua = find_program(lua_names, native : true)
 subdir('vendor/luabins/src')
 
 deps += dependency('wxWidgets', version : '>=3.0.0',
diff --git a/src/libresrc/meson.build b/src/libresrc/meson.build
index b9c5fc906..b0392dc54 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/meson.build
+++ b/src/libresrc/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-respack = [lua, files('../../tools/respack.lua')]
+respack = find_program('../../tools/respack.py')
 
 resrc = [
     custom_target('bitmap.{cpp,h}',
-                  command : respack + ['@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+                  command : [respack, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
                   input : files('../bitmaps/manifest.respack'),
                   output : ['bitmap.cpp', 'bitmap.h'])
 ]
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ conf_platform_json = configure_file(input: 'default_config_platform.json.in',
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
     resrc += custom_target('default_config.{cpp,h}',
-                           command : respack + ['@INPUT0@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+                           command : [respack, '@INPUT0@', '@OUTPUT@'],
                            input : [files('manifest_osx.respack'), conf_platform_json],
                            output : ['default_config.cpp', 'default_config.h'])
 else
     resrc += custom_target('default_config.{cpp,h}',
-                           command : respack + ['@INPUT0@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+                           command : [respack, '@INPUT0@', '@OUTPUT@'],
                            input : [files('manifest.respack'), conf_platform_json],
                            output : ['default_config.cpp', 'default_config.h'])
 endif
diff --git a/tools/respack.py b/tools/respack.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c1c78fb73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/respack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+manifestfile, cppfile, hfile = sys.argv[1:]
+
+with open(manifestfile, 'r') as manifest:
+    files = dict((x.strip(), None) for x in manifest.readlines() if x.strip() != '')
+
+sourcepath = os.path.split(manifestfile)[0]
+buildpath = os.path.split(cppfile)[0]
+
+for k in files:
+    sf = os.path.join(sourcepath, k)
+    bf = os.path.join(buildpath, k)
+
+    if os.path.isfile(sf):
+        files[k] = sf
+    elif os.path.isfile(bf):
+        files[k] = bf
+    else:
+        print("{}: Failed to open '{}'".format(manifestfile, k))
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+with open(cppfile, 'w') as cpp:
+    cpp.write('#include "libresrc.h"\n')
+    with open(hfile, 'w') as h:
+
+        for k in files:
+            with open(files[k], 'rb') as f:
+                data = [str(int(x)) for x in f.read()]
+
+            datastr = ','.join(data)
+            name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(k))[0]
+            cpp.write('const unsigned char {}[] = {{{}}};\n'.format(name, datastr))
+            h.write('extern const unsigned char {}[{}];\n'.format(name, len(data)))