diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/meson.build b/contrib/coccinelle/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d76a7fee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+spatch = find_program('spatch', required: get_option('coccinelle'))
+if not spatch.found()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+third_party_sources = [
+  ':!contrib',
+  ':!compat/inet_ntop.c',
+  ':!compat/inet_pton.c',
+  ':!compat/nedmalloc',
+  ':!compat/obstack.*',
+  ':!compat/poll',
+  ':!compat/regex',
+  ':!sha1collisiondetection',
+  ':!sha1dc',
+  ':!t/unit-tests/clar',
+  ':!t/unit-tests/clar',
+  ':!t/t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]*',
+]
+
+rules = [
+  'array.cocci',
+  'commit.cocci',
+  'config_fn_ctx.pending.cocci',
+  'equals-null.cocci',
+  'flex_alloc.cocci',
+  'free.cocci',
+  'git_config_number.cocci',
+  'hashmap.cocci',
+  'index-compatibility.cocci',
+  'object_id.cocci',
+  'preincr.cocci',
+  'qsort.cocci',
+  'refs.cocci',
+  'strbuf.cocci',
+  'swap.cocci',
+  'the_repository.cocci',
+  'xcalloc.cocci',
+  'xopen.cocci',
+  'xstrdup_or_null.cocci',
+  'xstrncmpz.cocci',
+]
+
+concatenated_rules = custom_target(
+  command: [
+    'cat', '@INPUT@',
+  ],
+  input: rules,
+  output: 'rules.cocci',
+  capture: true,
+)
+
+sources = [ ]
+foreach source : run_command(git, '-C', meson.project_source_root(), 'ls-files', '--deduplicate', '*.c', third_party_sources, check: true).stdout().split()
+  sources += source
+endforeach
+
+headers = [ ]
+foreach header : run_command(git, '-C', meson.project_source_root(), 'ls-files', '--deduplicate', '*.h', third_party_sources, check: true).stdout().split()
+  headers += meson.project_source_root() / header
+endforeach
+
+patches = [ ]
+foreach source : sources
+  patches += custom_target(
+    command: [
+      spatch,
+      '--all-includes',
+      '--sp-file', concatenated_rules,
+      '--patch', meson.project_source_root(),
+      '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+    input: meson.project_source_root() / source,
+    output: source.underscorify() + '.patch',
+    capture: true,
+    depend_files: headers,
+  )
+endforeach
+
+concatenated_patch = custom_target(
+  command: [
+    'cat', '@INPUT@',
+  ],
+  input: patches,
+  output: 'cocci.patch',
+  capture: true,
+)
+
+alias_target('coccicheck', concatenated_patch)
diff --git a/contrib/meson.build b/contrib/meson.build
index 569c23ee76..a88c5dfe09 100644
--- a/contrib/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/meson.build
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ foreach feature : get_option('contrib')
   subdir(feature)
 endforeach
 
+subdir('coccinelle')
 subdir('credential')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index c51ba88d85..afa908d6c5 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ option('docs_backend', type: 'combo', choices: ['asciidoc', 'asciidoctor', 'auto
   description: 'Which backend to use to generate documentation.')
 
 # Testing.
+option('coccinelle', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
+  description: 'Provide a coccicheck target that generates a Coccinelle patch.')
 option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true,
   description: 'Enable building tests. This requires Perl, but is separate from the "perl" option such that you can build tests without Perl features enabled.')
 option('test_output_directory', type: 'string',