diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b3aeaf..01c9f3d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ FETCH_TARGETS += $(FETCHDIR)/googletest-release-$(GTEST_VERSION).tar.gz
 $(FETCHDIR)/googletest-release-$(GTEST_VERSION).tar.gz: URL := https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-$(GTEST_VERSION).tar.gz
 $(SKIP_MD5SUM)$(FETCHDIR)/googletest-release-$(GTEST_VERSION).tar.gz: MD5 := ecd1fa65e7de707cd5c00bdac56022cd
 
-FUSE_VERSION ?= 3.1.1
+FUSE_VERSION ?= 3.8.0
 DOCKER_BUILDARGS += FUSE_VERSION=$(FUSE_VERSION)
 FETCH_TARGETS += $(FETCHDIR)/libfuse-fuse-$(FUSE_VERSION).tar.gz
 $(FETCHDIR)/libfuse-fuse-$(FUSE_VERSION).tar.gz: URL := https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/archive/fuse-$(FUSE_VERSION).tar.gz
-$(SKIP_MD5SUM)$(FETCHDIR)/libfuse-fuse-$(FUSE_VERSION).tar.gz: MD5 := 097f194856938afdd98bea1a5c046edd
+$(SKIP_MD5SUM)$(FETCHDIR)/libfuse-fuse-$(FUSE_VERSION).tar.gz: MD5 := 909d6b2cfc2faa9f4b6033d356280540
 
 WEBSOCKETS_VERSION ?= 3.2.0
 DOCKER_BUILDARGS += WEBSOCKETS_VERSION=$(WEBSOCKETS_VERSION)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 733f872..1062e1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -409,13 +409,16 @@ By default, unit tests and example application are enabled. You can disable them
 
 #### libfuse
 
-    wget -O fuse-3.1.1.tar.gz https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/archive/fuse-3.1.1.tar.gz
-    tar -xf fuse-3.1.1.tar.gz
-    cd libfuse-fuse-3.1.1
-    ./makeconf.sh
-    ./configure
-    make
-    sudo make install
+To install libfuse, meson is neede. Please refer to [meson quick guide](https://mesonbuild.com/Quick-guide.html) for setup instructions.
+
+    wget -O fuse-3.8.0.tar.gz https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/archive/fuse-3.8.0.tar.gz
+    tar -xf fuse-3.8.0.tar.gz
+    cd libfuse-fuse-3.8.0
+    mkdir .build
+    cd .build
+    meson ..
+    ninja
+    sudo ninja install
 
 #### libwebsockets
 
diff --git a/build/amd64-alpine-builder.dockerfile b/build/amd64-alpine-builder.dockerfile
index c2a3096..e13924a 100644
--- a/build/amd64-alpine-builder.dockerfile
+++ b/build/amd64-alpine-builder.dockerfile
@@ -50,18 +50,23 @@ RUN set -x \
   && make "$PARALLELMFLAGS" install \
   && rm -rf "$builddir"
 
-ARG FUSE_VERSION=3.1.1
+RUN set -x \
+  && builddeps="linux-headers udev eudev-dev python3 py3-pip py3-setuptools py3-cryptography ninja" \
+  && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps $builddeps \
+  && pip3 install meson
+
+ARG FUSE_VERSION=3.8.0
 
 RUN set -x \
-  && builddeps="libtool automake autoconf gettext-dev m4 linux-headers" \
+  && builddeps="libtool automake autoconf gettext-dev m4" \
   && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps $builddeps \
-  && cd "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION" \
-  && ./makeconf.sh \
   && builddir="/tmp/out" \
   && mkdir -p "$builddir" \
   && cd "$builddir" \
-  && "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION/configure" \
-  && make "$PARALLELMFLAGS" install \
+  && meson "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION" \
+  && meson configure -Dexamples=false \
+  && ninja \
+  && ninja install \
   && rm -rf "$builddir" \
   && apk del .build-deps
 
diff --git a/build/amd64-ubuntu-builder.dockerfile b/build/amd64-ubuntu-builder.dockerfile
index bd0f707..acd51ac 100644
--- a/build/amd64-ubuntu-builder.dockerfile
+++ b/build/amd64-ubuntu-builder.dockerfile
@@ -49,18 +49,22 @@ RUN set -x \
   && make "$PARALLELMFLAGS" install \
   && rm -rf "$builddir"
 
-ARG FUSE_VERSION=3.1.1
+RUN set -x \
+  && builddeps="udev python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel ninja-build" \
+  && apt install --yes --no-install-recommends $builddeps \
+  && pip3 install --system meson
+
+ARG FUSE_VERSION=3.8.0
 
 RUN set -x \
   && builddeps="libtool automake gettext" \
   && apt install --yes --no-install-recommends $builddeps \
-  && cd "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION" \
-  && ./makeconf.sh \
   && builddir="/tmp/out" \
   && mkdir -p "$builddir" \
   && cd "$builddir" \
-  && "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION/configure" \
-  && make "$PARALLELMFLAGS" install \
+  && meson "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION" \
+  && ninja \
+  && ninja install \
   && rm -rf "$builddir" \
   && apt purge -y $builddeps
 
diff --git a/build/arm32v7-alpine-builder.dockerfile b/build/arm32v7-alpine-builder.dockerfile
index 3405ee9..63f910e 100644
--- a/build/arm32v7-alpine-builder.dockerfile
+++ b/build/arm32v7-alpine-builder.dockerfile
@@ -54,18 +54,22 @@ RUN set -x \
   && make "$PARALLELMFLAGS" install \
   && rm -rf "$builddir"
 
-ARG FUSE_VERSION=3.1.1
+RUN set -x \
+  && builddeps="linux-headers udev eudev-dev python3 py3-pip py3-setuptools py3-cryptography ninja" \
+  && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps $builddeps \
+  && pip3 install meson
+
+ARG FUSE_VERSION=3.8.0
 
 RUN set -x \
-  && builddeps="libtool automake autoconf gettext-dev m4 linux-headers" \
+  && builddeps="libtool automake autoconf gettext-dev m4" \
   && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps $builddeps \
-  && cd "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION" \
-  && ./makeconf.sh \
   && builddir="/tmp/out" \
   && mkdir -p "$builddir" \
   && cd "$builddir" \
-  && "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION/configure" \
-  && make "$PARALLELMFLAGS" install \
+  && meson "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION" \
+  && ninja \
+  && ninja install \
   && rm -rf "$builddir" \
   && apk del .build-deps
 
diff --git a/build/arm32v7-ubuntu-builder.dockerfile b/build/arm32v7-ubuntu-builder.dockerfile
index efb2957..1b4f735 100644
--- a/build/arm32v7-ubuntu-builder.dockerfile
+++ b/build/arm32v7-ubuntu-builder.dockerfile
@@ -52,18 +52,22 @@ RUN set -x \
   && make "$PARALLELMFLAGS" install \
   && rm -rf "$builddir"
 
-ARG FUSE_VERSION=3.1.1
+RUN set -x \
+  && builddeps="udev python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel ninja-build" \
+  && apt install --yes --no-install-recommends $builddeps \
+  && pip3 install --system meson
+
+ARG FUSE_VERSION=3.8.0
 
 RUN set -x \
   && builddeps="libtool automake gettext" \
   && apt install --yes --no-install-recommends $builddeps \
-  && cd "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION" \
-  && ./makeconf.sh \
   && builddir="/tmp/out" \
   && mkdir -p "$builddir" \
   && cd "$builddir" \
-  && "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION/configure" \
-  && make "$PARALLELMFLAGS" install \
+  && meson "/usr/local/src/libfuse-fuse-$FUSE_VERSION" \
+  && ninja \
+  && ninja install \
   && rm -rf "$builddir" \
   && apt purge -y $builddeps
 
diff --git a/lib/webfuse/adapter/impl/fuse_wrapper.h b/lib/webfuse/adapter/impl/fuse_wrapper.h
index 719d758..b234e73 100644
--- a/lib/webfuse/adapter/impl/fuse_wrapper.h
+++ b/lib/webfuse/adapter/impl/fuse_wrapper.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define FUSE_USE_VERSION 31
+#define FUSE_USE_VERSION 38
 #include <fuse_lowlevel.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus