diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index c9720a92df..83622c58a5 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_SOFTMMU or CONFIG_TOOLS
 # single QEMU executable should support all CPUs and machines.
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOFTMMU),y)
-common-obj-y = accel/
+common-obj-y =
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_ALSA) += audio-alsa$(DSOSUF)
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_OSS) += audio-oss$(DSOSUF)
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 1ab8773402..8633e2b9fe 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ obj-y += trace/
 #########################################################
 # cpu emulator library
 obj-y += exec.o exec-vary.o
-obj-y += accel/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCG) += tcg/tcg.o tcg/tcg-op.o tcg/tcg-op-vec.o tcg/tcg-op-gvec.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCG) += tcg/tcg-common.o tcg/optimize.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_INTERPRETER) += tcg/tci.o
diff --git a/accel/Makefile.objs b/accel/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index ff72f0d030..0000000000
--- a/accel/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += accel.o
-obj-$(call land,$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU),$(CONFIG_POSIX)) += qtest.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += kvm/
-obj-$(CONFIG_TCG) += tcg/
-obj-$(CONFIG_XEN) += xen/
-obj-y += stubs/
diff --git a/accel/kvm/Makefile.objs b/accel/kvm/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index fdfa481578..0000000000
--- a/accel/kvm/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-obj-y += kvm-all.o
-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_SEV)) += sev-stub.o
diff --git a/accel/kvm/meson.build b/accel/kvm/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4db2388e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/kvm/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+kvm_ss = ss.source_set()
+kvm_ss.add(files('kvm-all.c'))
+kvm_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SEV', if_false: files('sev-stub.c'))
+
+specific_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_KVM', if_true: kvm_ss)
diff --git a/accel/meson.build b/accel/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26c503e480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+softmmu_ss.add(files('accel.c'))
+specific_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_SOFTMMU', 'CONFIG_POSIX'], if_true: files('qtest.c'))
+
+subdir('kvm')
+subdir('tcg')
+subdir('xen')
+subdir('stubs')
diff --git a/accel/stubs/Makefile.objs b/accel/stubs/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index bbd14e71fb..0000000000
--- a/accel/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_HAX))  += hax-stub.o
-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_HVF))  += hvf-stub.o
-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_WHPX)) += whpx-stub.o
-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_KVM))  += kvm-stub.o
-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_TCG))  += tcg-stub.o
-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_XEN))  += xen-stub.o
diff --git a/accel/stubs/meson.build b/accel/stubs/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..314e3cfff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/stubs/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_HAX', if_false: files('hax-stub.c'))
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_XEN', if_false: files('xen-stub.c'))
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_HVF', if_false: files('hvf-stub.c'))
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_KVM', if_false: files('kvm-stub.c'))
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_false: files('tcg-stub.c'))
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_WHPX', if_false: files('whpx-stub.c'))
diff --git a/accel/tcg/Makefile.objs b/accel/tcg/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index a92f2c454b..0000000000
--- a/accel/tcg/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tcg-all.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += cputlb.o
-obj-y += tcg-runtime.o tcg-runtime-gvec.o
-obj-y += cpu-exec.o cpu-exec-common.o translate-all.o
-obj-y += translator.o
-
-obj-$(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) += user-exec.o
-obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)) += user-exec-stub.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PLUGIN) += plugin-gen.o
diff --git a/accel/tcg/meson.build b/accel/tcg/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a335b50f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/tcg/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+tcg_ss = ss.source_set()
+tcg_ss.add(files(
+  'cpu-exec-common.c',
+  'cpu-exec.c',
+  'tcg-runtime-gvec.c',
+  'tcg-runtime.c',
+  'translate-all.c',
+  'translator.c',
+))
+tcg_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_USER_ONLY', if_true: files('user-exec.c'))
+tcg_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SOFTMMU', if_false: files('user-exec-stub.c'))
+tcg_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PLUGIN', if_true: files('plugin-gen.c'))
+specific_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: tcg_ss)
+
+specific_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_SOFTMMU', 'CONFIG_TCG'], if_true: files('tcg-all.c', 'cputlb.c'))
diff --git a/accel/xen/Makefile.objs b/accel/xen/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7482cfb436..0000000000
--- a/accel/xen/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-obj-y += xen-all.o
diff --git a/accel/xen/meson.build b/accel/xen/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..002bdb03c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/xen/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_XEN', if_true: files('xen-all.c'))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ac59ccc935..baf9b69e99 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ subdir('monitor')
 subdir('net')
 subdir('replay')
 subdir('hw')
+subdir('accel')
 
 # needed for fuzzing binaries
 subdir('tests/qtest/libqos')