diff --git a/package/libvips/libvips.hash b/package/libvips/libvips.hash
index 1ba242d1cf..dd7510ecb2 100644
--- a/package/libvips/libvips.hash
+++ b/package/libvips/libvips.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# Locally calculated
-sha256  2468088d958e0e2de1be2991ff8940bf45664a826c0dad12342e1804e2805a6e  vips-8.10.6.tar.gz
-sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING
+# From https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/download/v8.17.2/vips-8.17.2.tar.xz.sha256sum
+sha256  57ea0ec4f30ea04748c9e8eec5415e7c9ac7cafe6822e4788fc110376a1d224a  vips-8.17.2.tar.xz
+sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libvips/libvips.mk b/package/libvips/libvips.mk
index 8eb1f0964e..e7641fa8cd 100644
--- a/package/libvips/libvips.mk
+++ b/package/libvips/libvips.mk
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBVIPS_VERSION = 8.10.6
-LIBVIPS_SOURCE = vips-$(LIBVIPS_VERSION).tar.gz
+LIBVIPS_VERSION = 8.17.2
+LIBVIPS_SOURCE = vips-$(LIBVIPS_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBVIPS_SITE = https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/download/v$(LIBVIPS_VERSION)
 LIBVIPS_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
-LIBVIPS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+LIBVIPS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LIBVIPS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = libvips
 
 # Sparc64 compile fails, for all optimization levels except -O0. To
@@ -22,135 +22,125 @@ LIBVIPS_CONF_ENV += CXXFLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) $(LIBVIPS_CXXFLAGS)" \
 	LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS = \
-	--without-dmalloc \
-	--without-gsf \
-	--without-OpenEXR \
-	--without-openslide \
-	--without-cfitsio \
-	--without-pangoft2 \
-	--without-x
+	-Dopenexr=disabled \
+	-Dopenslide=disabled \
+	-Dcfitsio=disabled \
+	-Dpangocairo=disabled
 LIBVIPS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf expat libglib2 \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-giflib
-LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += giflib
-else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-giflib
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-introspection
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += gobject-introspection
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-introspection
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_IMAGEMAGICK),y)
 LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--with-magick \
-	--with-magickpackage=MagickCore
+	-Dmagick=enabled \
+	-Dmagick-package=MagickCore
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += imagemagick
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GRAPHICSMAGICK),y)
 LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--with-magick \
-	--with-magickpackage=GraphicsMagick
+	-Dmagick=enabled \
+	-Dmagick-package=GraphicsMagick
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += graphicsmagick
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-magick
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dmagick=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-jpeg
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Djpeg=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += jpeg
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-jpeg
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Djpeg=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LCMS2),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-lcms
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dlcms=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += lcms2
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-lcms
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dlcms=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-png
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dpng=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += libpng
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-png
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dpng=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRSVG),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-rsvg
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Drsvg=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += librsvg
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-rsvg
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Drsvg=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MATIO),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-matio
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dmatio=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += matio
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-matio
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dmatio=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ORC),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-orc
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dorc=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += orc
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-orc
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dorc=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-poppler
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dpoppler=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += poppler
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-poppler
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dpoppler=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TIFF),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-tiff
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dtiff=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += tiff
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-tiff
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dtiff=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_DOUBLE),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-fftw
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dfftw=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += fftw-double
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-fftw
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dfftw=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEXIF),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-libexif
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dexif=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += libexif
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-libexif
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dexif=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBHEIF),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-heif
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dheif=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += libheif
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-heif
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dheif=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WEBP_DEMUX)$(BR2_PACKAGE_WEBP_MUX),yy)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-libwebp
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dwebp=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += webp
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-libwebp
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dwebp=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dzlib=enabled
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
 else
-LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += -Dzlib=disabled
 endif
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(meson-package))