diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index db004ef2a..5ba12f0f0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 project('Aegisub', ['c', 'cpp'],
         license: 'BSD-3-Clause',
-        meson_version: '>=0.49.0',
+        meson_version: '>=0.51.0',
         default_options: ['c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++11', 'b_lto=true'],
         version: '3.2.2')
 
+cmake = import('cmake')
+
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
     version_sh = find_program('tools/version.ps1')
 else
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ else
 endif
 version_inc = include_directories('.')
 version_h = custom_target('git_version.h',
-                          command: [version_sh, meson.source_root()],
+                          command: [version_sh, meson.current_build_dir()],
                           build_by_default: true,
                           build_always_stale: true, # has internal check whether target file will be refreshed
                           output: ['git_version.h', 'git_version.xml'])
@@ -61,7 +63,8 @@ deps += dependency('libass', version: '>=0.9.7',
 
 deps += dependency('boost', version: '>=1.50.0',
                    modules: ['chrono', 'filesystem', 'locale', 'regex',
-                             'system', 'thread'])
+                             'system', 'thread'],
+                   static: get_option('default_library') == 'static')
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
     conf.set('BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H', '1')
 endif
@@ -71,16 +74,46 @@ deps += dependency('zlib', fallback: ['zlib', 'zlib_dep'])
 wx_dep = dependency('wxWidgets', version: '>=3.0.0',
                     required: cxx.get_id() != 'msvc',
                     modules: ['std', 'stc', 'gl'])
-if not wx_dep.found() # this will only be hit with msvc
+
+if wx_dep.found()
+    deps += wx_dep
+else # this will only be hit with msvc
     if get_option('wx_path') != ''
         deps_inc += include_directories(get_option('wx_path') / 'include' / 'msvc', get_option('wx_path') / 'include')
         add_project_arguments('-DUNICODE', '-D_UNICODE', language: 'cpp')
         add_project_arguments('-DwxMSVC_VERSION_AUTO', '-DWXUSINGDLL', language: 'cpp')
     else
-        error('wxWidgets not found and no wx_path defined.')
+        buildShared = 'ON'
+        if get_option('default_library') == 'static'
+            buildShared = 'OFF'
+        endif
+
+        wx = cmake.subproject('wxWidgets', cmake_options: ['-DwxBUILD_INSTALL=OFF',
+                                                           '-DwxBUILD_PRECOMP=OFF', # otherwise breaks project generation w/ meson
+                                                           '-DwxBUILD_SHARED=@0@'.format(buildShared),
+                                                           '-DwxBUILD_MONOLITHIC=ON']) # otherwise breaks project generation w/ meson
+        deps += [
+            wx.dependency('mono'),
+            wx.dependency('wxzlib'),
+            wx.dependency('wxpng'),
+            wx.dependency('wxexpat'),
+            wx.dependency('wxscintilla')
+        ]
+
+        if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+            if cc.has_header('rpc.h')
+                deps += cc.find_library('rpcrt4', required: true)
+            else
+                error('Missing Windows SDK RPC Library (rpc.h / rpcrt4.lib)')
+            endif
+            if cc.has_header('commctrl.h')
+                deps += cc.find_library('comctl32', required: true)
+            else
+                error('Missing Windows SDK Common Controls Library (commctrl.h / comctl32.lib)')
+            endif
+        endif
     endif
 endif
-deps += wx_dep
 
 icu_uc_dep = dependency('icu-uc', version: '>=4.8.1.1', required: cxx.get_id() != 'msvc')
 icu_i18n_dep = dependency('icu-i18n', version: '>=4.8.1.1', required: cxx.get_id() != 'msvc')
@@ -135,8 +168,10 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows' and not get_option('directsound').disabled
     if not have_dsound_h and get_option('directsound').enabled()
         error('DirectSound enabled but dsound.h not found')
     endif
-    if dsound_dep.found() and winmm_dep.found() and ole32_dep.found() and have_dsound_h
-        deps += [dsound_dep, winmm_dep, ole32_dep]
+
+    dxguid_dep = cc.find_library('dxguid', required: true)
+    if dsound_dep.found() and winmm_dep.found() and ole32_dep.found() and dxguid_dep.found() and have_dsound_h
+        deps += [dsound_dep, winmm_dep, ole32_dep, dxguid_dep]
         conf.set('WITH_DIRECTSOUND', '1')
         dep_avail += 'DirectSound'
     endif
diff --git a/src/include/agi_pre_c.h b/src/include/agi_pre_c.h
index 32d70adbc..c4d6924f4 100644
--- a/src/include/agi_pre_c.h
+++ b/src/include/agi_pre_c.h
@@ -38,98 +38,6 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #endif
 
-// wxWidgets headers
-#include <wx/defs.h> // Leave this first.
-
-#include <wx/accel.h>
-#include <wx/app.h>
-#include <wx/arrstr.h>
-#include <wx/bitmap.h>
-#include <wx/bmpbuttn.h>
-#include <wx/brush.h>
-#include <wx/button.h>
-#include <wx/checkbox.h>
-#include <wx/checklst.h>
-#include <wx/choicdlg.h>
-#include <wx/choice.h>
-#include <wx/clipbrd.h>
-#include <wx/colour.h>
-#include <wx/combobox.h>
-#include <wx/containr.h>
-#include <wx/control.h>
-#include <wx/ctrlsub.h>
-#include <wx/cursor.h>
-#include <wx/dataobj.h>
-#include <wx/dc.h>
-#include <wx/dcbuffer.h>
-#include <wx/dcclient.h>
-#include <wx/dcmemory.h>
-#include <wx/dcprint.h>
-#include <wx/dialog.h>
-#include <wx/dirdlg.h>
-#include <wx/dnd.h>
-#include <wx/dynarray.h>
-#include <wx/event.h>
-#include <wx/file.h>
-#include <wx/filedlg.h>
-#include <wx/filefn.h>
-#include <wx/filename.h>
-#include <wx/font.h>
-#include <wx/frame.h>
-#include <wx/gdicmn.h>
-#include <wx/gdiobj.h>
-#include <wx/glcanvas.h>
-#include <wx/hash.h>
-#include <wx/hashmap.h>
-#include <wx/icon.h>
-#include <wx/image.h>
-#include <wx/intl.h>
-#include <wx/layout.h>
-#include <wx/list.h>
-#include <wx/listbox.h>
-#include <wx/listctrl.h>
-#include <wx/log.h>
-#include <wx/math.h>
-#include <wx/memory.h>
-#include <wx/menu.h>
-#include <wx/menuitem.h>
-#include <wx/module.h>
-#include <wx/msgdlg.h>
-#include <wx/object.h>
-#include <wx/palette.h>
-#include <wx/panel.h>
-#include <wx/pen.h>
-#include <wx/power.h>
-#include <wx/radiobox.h>
-#include <wx/radiobut.h>
-#include <wx/region.h>
-#include <wx/sashwin.h>
-#include <wx/scrolwin.h>
-#include <wx/settings.h>
-#include <wx/sizer.h>
-#include <wx/spinctrl.h>
-#include <wx/statbox.h>
-#include <wx/statline.h>
-#include <wx/stattext.h>
-#include <wx/statusbr.h>
-#include <wx/stc/stc.h>
-#include <wx/stopwatch.h>
-#include <wx/strconv.h>
-#include <wx/stream.h>
-#include <wx/string.h>
-#include <wx/textctrl.h>
-#include <wx/thread.h>
-#include <wx/timer.h>
-#include <wx/toolbar.h>
-#include <wx/toplevel.h>
-#include <wx/utils.h>
-#include <wx/valgen.h>
-#include <wx/validate.h>
-#include <wx/valtext.h>
-#include <wx/window.h>
-#include <wx/wxcrt.h>
-#include <wx/wxcrtvararg.h>
-
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENGL_GL_H
 #include <OpenGL/gl.h>
 #else
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index e01353ae4..7e5dc7788 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -171,6 +171,20 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
         'osx/retina_helper.mm',
         'osx/scintilla_ime.mm',
     ]
+elif host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+    aegisub_src += [
+        'font_file_lister_gdi.cpp'
+    ]
+    if cc.has_header('wingdi.h')
+        deps += cc.find_library('gdi32', required: true)
+    else
+        error('Missing Windows SDK GDI Library (wingdi.h / gdi32.lib)')
+    endif
+        if cc.has_header('usp10.h')
+        deps += cc.find_library('usp10', required: true)
+    else
+        error('Missing Windows SDK Uniscribe Library (usp10.h / usp10.lib)')
+    endif
 elif conf.get('WITH_FONTCONFIG') == '1'
     aegisub_src += 'font_file_lister_fontconfig.cpp'
 endif
@@ -206,4 +220,5 @@ aegisub = executable('aegisub', aegisub_src, version_h, acconf,
                      cpp_pch: aegisub_cpp_pch,
                      c_pch: aegisub_c_pch,
                      install: true,
-                     dependencies: deps)
+                     dependencies: deps,
+                     gui_app: true)
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 2416aa7a2..69c53bd1c 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ wxString LocalizedLanguageName(wxString const& lang) {
 		icu::UnicodeString ustr;
 		iculoc.getDisplayName(iculoc, ustr);
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-		return wxString(ustr.getBuffer());
+		return wxString((const wchar_t*)ustr.getBuffer());
 #else
 		std::string utf8;
 		ustr.toUTF8String(utf8);
diff --git a/subprojects/wxWidgets.wrap b/subprojects/wxWidgets.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a77194055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/wxWidgets.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory = wxWidgets
+url = https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git
+revision = master
+clone-recursive = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/version.ps1 b/tools/version.ps1
index 03d02dbef..0d61c7176 100644
--- a/tools/version.ps1
+++ b/tools/version.ps1
@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env powershell
+
+param (
+  [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $false)]
+  [string]$BuildRoot = $null
+)
+
 $lastSvnRevision = 6962
 $lastSvnHash = '16cd907fe7482cb54a7374cd28b8501f138116be'
 $defineNumberMatch = [regex] '^#define\s+(\w+)\s+(\d+)$'
 $defineStringMatch = [regex] "^#define\s+(\w+)\s+[`"']?(.+?)[`"']?$"
 $semVerMatch = [regex] 'v?(\d+)\.(\d+).(\d+)(?:-(\w+))?'
 
-
 $repositoryRootPath = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot .. | Resolve-Path
 if (!(git -C $repositoryRootPath rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>$null)) {
   throw "$repositoryRootPath is not a git repository"
 }
 
-$gitVersionHeaderPath = Join-Path $repositoryRootPath 'src' | Join-Path -ChildPath 'include' | Join-Path -ChildPath 'aegisub' `
-  | Join-Path -ChildPath 'git_version.h'
-$gitVersionXmlPath = Join-Path $repositoryRootPath 'packages' | Join-Path -ChildPath 'win_installer' `
-  | Join-Path -ChildPath 'git_version.xml'
+if ($BuildRoot -eq $null -or $BuildRoot.Trim() -eq "")  {
+  $BuildRoot = $repositoryRootPath
+}
+
+# support legacy in-tree builds
+if ([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath([System.IO.Path]::Combine((pwd).Path, $BuildRoot)) -eq
+  [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath([System.IO.Path]::Combine((pwd).Path, $repositoryRootPath))) {
+    $BuildRoot = Join-Path $repositoryRootPath 'build'
+  }
+$gitVersionHeaderPath = Join-Path $BuildRoot 'git_version.h'
+$gitVersionXmlPath = Join-Path $repositoryRootPath 'build' | Join-Path -ChildPath 'git_version.xml'
 
 $version = @{}
 if (Test-Path $gitVersionHeaderPath) {