diff --git a/Formula/meson.rb b/Formula/meson.rb
index 46c4826a10..aced6ecd7a 100644
--- a/Formula/meson.rb
+++ b/Formula/meson.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ class Meson < Formula
 
   desc "Fast and user friendly build system"
   homepage "http://mesonbuild.com/"
-  url "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/0.35.1/meson-0.35.1.tar.gz"
-  sha256 "b47edb53bd7554cb7890a32399fdf6402e8079379393893ab3dec8fffcbfba2c"
+  url "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/0.36.0/meson-0.36.0.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "dc087ec40dacb5e256e6ee6467f2d004faf4ef284d3c1ce5e89faa1e16540950"
   head "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson.git"
 
   bottle do
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ class Meson < Formula
   depends_on "ninja"
 
   def install
-    virtualenv_create(libexec, "python3")
     virtualenv_install_with_resources
+    inreplace bin/"meson", "#!/usr/bin/env python3", "#!#{libexec}/bin/python3"
   end
 
   test do
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Meson < Formula
     EOS
 
     mkdir testpath/"build" do
-      system "#{bin}/meson.py", ".."
+      system "#{bin}/meson", ".."
       assert File.exist?(testpath/"build/build.ninja")
     end
   end