diff --git a/.ci/distribution/debian/rules b/.ci/distribution/debian/rules
index a66a86d67fbff2997285c83acc014fa8e8206f23..e57ba5a36775925f4be04eb65b386885202d6a6f 100755
--- a/.ci/distribution/debian/rules
+++ b/.ci/distribution/debian/rules
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck # tests are broken
 %:
 	dh $@
 
-override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- --without-oss --without-portaudio --without-openal --disable-update-checker
diff --git a/.ci/docker/bionic/Dockerfile b/.ci/docker/bionic/Dockerfile
index 857d2686dd0b4fc5ddf17053d05efae48aa17fd0..9f90537a5fcc810a41df766305819a01d6067d53 100644
--- a/.ci/docker/bionic/Dockerfile
+++ b/.ci/docker/bionic/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 FROM ubuntu:bionic
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
-RUN apt-get install -y dh-make build-essential libwxgtk3.0 libboost-all-dev icu-devtools libffms2-dev fontconfig libfreetype6-dev libass-dev zlib1g-dev libgl1 libssl-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev fftw3-dev libuchardet-dev libc6-dev intltool libhunspell-dev git
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y dh-make build-essential libwxgtk3.0 libboost-all-dev icu-devtools libffms2-dev fontconfig libfreetype6-dev libass-dev zlib1g-dev libgl1 libssl-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev fftw3-dev libuchardet-dev libc6-dev intltool libhunspell-dev git python3-pip libreadline-dev ninja-build
+RUN pip3 install meson
 
 COPY . /aegisub
 WORKDIR /aegisub
-RUN make clean
-RUN build/version.sh .
-RUN rm -rf .git
-RUN mv .ci/docker/debian_entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
-RUN mv .ci/distribution/debian /aegisub
+RUN rm -rf builddir
+RUN meson -Dprefix=/usr builddir
+WORKDIR builddir
+RUN mv ../.ci/docker/debian_entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+RUN mv ../.ci/distribution/ubuntu-bionic debian
 RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
 
 CMD ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/.ci/docker/debian_entrypoint.sh b/.ci/docker/debian_entrypoint.sh
index 613afbea86273ed9747ecc37765196d2d1da38f7..2a164e0bb4beb9f33398ce582fa621b9ef153713 100755
--- a/.ci/docker/debian_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.ci/docker/debian_entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-export MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)"
-cd /aegisub
 dpkg-buildpackage -nc
 
 mv ../*.deb /out/