diff --git a/jni/prepare_iniparser.sh b/jni/prepare_iniparser.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2572df6447..0000000000
--- a/jni/prepare_iniparser.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-TARGET=$1
-set -e
-
-if [ ! -d ${TARGET} ]; then
-  mkdir -p ${TARGET}
-fi
-
-pushd ${TARGET}
-
-# Get Iniparser
-if [ ! -d "iniparser" ]; then
-    echo "PREPARING ini parser at ${TARGET}"
-    git clone https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser.git iniparser
-fi
-
-popd
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6550087cc9..f02db1aa86 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('nntrainer', 'c', 'cpp',
   version: '0.5.0',
   license: ['apache-2.0'],
-  meson_version: '>=0.50.0',
+  meson_version: '>=0.55.0',
   default_options: [
     'werror=true',
     'warning_level=1',
@@ -347,37 +347,20 @@ libdl_dep = cxx.find_library('dl') # DL library
 thread_dep = dependency('threads') # pthread for tensorflow-lite
 
 iniparser_dep = dependency('iniparser', required : false, version : '>=4.1') # iniparser
-if get_option('platform') == 'android'
-  message('preparing iniparser')
-  run_command(meson.source_root() / 'jni' / 'prepare_iniparser.sh', meson.build_root(), check: true)
-  iniparser_root = meson.build_root() / 'iniparser'
-  iniparser_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: [ 'iniparser/src' ])
-endif
 
 if not iniparser_dep.found()
-  message('falling back to find libiniparser library and header files')
-  libiniparser_dep = cxx.find_library('iniparser')
-  sysroot = run_command(
-    cxx.cmd_array() + ['-print-sysroot']
-    ).stdout().split('\n')[0]
-
-  if sysroot.startswith('/')
-    sysroot_inc_cflags_template = '-I@0@/usr/include@1@'
-    sysroot_inc = sysroot_inc_cflags_template.format(sysroot, '')
-    add_project_arguments(sysroot_inc, language: ['c', 'cpp'])
-    sysroot_inc_cflags_iniparser = sysroot_inc_cflags_template.format(sysroot,
-      '/iniparser')
-  else
-    sysroot_inc_cflags_iniparser = '-I/usr/include/iniparser'
-  endif
-
-  if libiniparser_dep.found() and cxx.has_header('iniparser.h', \
-        args : sysroot_inc_cflags_iniparser)
-    iniparser_dep = declare_dependency (dependencies : libiniparser_dep,
-      compile_args : sysroot_inc_cflags_iniparser)
-  else
-    error('Failed to resolve dependency on iniparser')
-  endif
+  # CMake module
+  cmake = import('cmake')
+
+  # iniparser
+  iniparser_root = meson.source_root() / 'subprojects' / 'iniparser'
+  iniparser_options = cmake.subproject_options()
+  iniparser_options.add_cmake_defines({'BUILD_DOCS': false})
+  iniparser_options.add_cmake_defines({'BUILD_EXAMPLES': false})
+  iniparser_options.add_cmake_defines({'BUILD_TESTING': false})
+  iniparser_options.add_cmake_defines({'BUILD_SHARED_LIBS': false})
+  iniparser_subproject = cmake.subproject('iniparser', options: iniparser_options, required: true)
+  iniparser_dep = iniparser_subproject.dependency('iniparser-static')
 endif
 
 if get_option('platform') == 'android'
diff --git a/subprojects/iniparser.wrap b/subprojects/iniparser.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5b77b0184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/iniparser.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser.git
+directory=iniparser
+revision = v4.2.4