diff --git a/drivers/net/meson.build b/drivers/net/meson.build
index 72e1d35788..f19a586cd4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 drivers = ['af_packet', 'bonding',
 	'e1000', 'fm10k', 'i40e', 'ixgbe',
-	'null', 'pcap', 'ring']
+	'null', 'octeontx', 'pcap', 'ring',
+	'thunderx']
 std_deps = ['ethdev', 'kvargs'] # 'ethdev' also pulls in mbuf, net, eal etc
 std_deps += ['bus_pci']         # very many PMDs depend on PCI, so make std
 std_deps += ['bus_vdev']        # same with vdev bus
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx/base/meson.build b/drivers/net/octeontx/base/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09f657abb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx/base/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
+
+sources = [
+	'octeontx_pkovf.c',
+	'octeontx_pkivf.c',
+	'octeontx_bgx.c'
+]
+
+depends = ['ethdev', 'mempool_octeontx']
+static_objs = []
+foreach d: depends
+	static_objs += [get_variable('static_rte_' + d)]
+endforeach
+
+base_lib = static_library('octeontx_base', sources,
+	c_args: cflags,
+	dependencies: static_objs,
+)
+
+base_objs = base_lib.extract_all_objects()
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx/meson.build b/drivers/net/octeontx/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef789eaa90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
+
+subdir('base')
+objs = [base_objs]
+
+sources = files('octeontx_rxtx.c',
+		'octeontx_ethdev.c'
+		)
+
+deps += ['mempool_octeontx', 'eventdev']
+
+includes += include_directories('base')
diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderx/Makefile b/drivers/net/thunderx/Makefile
index cc008bd3a4..e6bf497522 100644
--- a/drivers/net/thunderx/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/thunderx/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool -lrte_ring
 LDLIBS += -lrte_ethdev -lrte_net -lrte_kvargs
 LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_pci
 
-EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_thunderx_nicvf_version.map
+EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_thunderx_version.map
 
 LIBABIVER := 1
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderx/base/meson.build b/drivers/net/thunderx/base/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9d5a8f4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/thunderx/base/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
+
+sources = [
+	'nicvf_hw.c',
+	'nicvf_mbox.c',
+	'nicvf_bsvf.c'
+]
+
+base_lib = static_library('nicvf_base', sources,
+	c_args: cflags,
+	dependencies: static_rte_ethdev
+)
+
+base_objs = base_lib.extract_all_objects()
diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderx/meson.build b/drivers/net/thunderx/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69819a97fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/thunderx/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
+
+subdir('base')
+objs = [base_objs]
+
+sources = files('nicvf_rxtx.c',
+		'nicvf_ethdev.c',
+		'nicvf_svf.c'
+)
+
+if cc.has_argument('-fno-prefetch-loop-arrays')
+	cflags += '-fno-prefetch-loop-arrays'
+endif
+
+if cc.has_argument('-Wno-maybe-uninitialized')
+	cflags += '-Wno-maybe-uninitialized'
+endif
+
+includes += include_directories('base')
diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderx/rte_pmd_thunderx_nicvf_version.map b/drivers/net/thunderx/rte_pmd_thunderx_version.map
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/net/thunderx/rte_pmd_thunderx_nicvf_version.map
rename to drivers/net/thunderx/rte_pmd_thunderx_version.map