diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 78acaf4..5e7a835 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for {{$dist->name}}
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+  - Deprecate interpolation of `%{meson}`.
 
 0.04      2023-10-28 21:26:14-04:00 America/New_York
   - Fix missing $VERSION.
diff --git a/lib/Alien/Meson.pm b/lib/Alien/Meson.pm
index 217f143..ef1afed 100644
--- a/lib/Alien/Meson.pm
+++ b/lib/Alien/Meson.pm
@@ -21,6 +21,27 @@ Command line tool:
  unshift @PATH, Alien::Meson->bin_dir;
  system "@{[ Alien::Meson->exe ]}";
 
+Use in L<alienfile>:
+
+  share {
+    requires 'Alien::Meson';
+    requires 'Alien::Ninja';
+    # ...
+    my $build_dir = '_build';
+    build [
+      sub {
+        my $build = shift;
+        Alien::Build::CommandSequence->new([
+          Alien::Meson->exe, 'setup',
+            '--prefix=%{.install.prefix}',
+            $build_dir,
+        ])->execute($build);
+      },
+      [ '%{ninja}', qw(-C), $build_dir, "test" ],
+      [ '%{ninja}', qw(-C), $build_dir, 'install' ],
+    ];
+  }
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This distribution provides meson so that it can be used by other
@@ -74,6 +95,11 @@ sub bin_dir {
 
  %{meson}
 
+B<WARNING>: This interpolation is deprecated. This will be removed in a future
+version as some share installs of Meson are not callable as a single executable
+(they need to be prefixed with the Python interpreter). Instead use
+C<< Alien::Meson->exe >> directly.
+
 Returns 'meson', 'meson.py', or appropriate command for
 platform.
 
@@ -82,6 +108,7 @@ platform.
 sub alien_helper {
   return +{
     meson => sub {
+      warn "Interpolation of %{meson} is deprecated. See POD for Alien::Meson.";
       join " ", Alien::Meson->exe;
     },
   };
diff --git a/t/alien_meson.t b/t/alien_meson.t
index 1990557..d404728 100644
--- a/t/alien_meson.t
+++ b/t/alien_meson.t
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ diag "Alien::Meson->runtime_prop ", Dumper( [ Alien::Meson->runtime_prop ] );
 
 diag "Alien::Meson->exe: ", Dumper( [ Alien::Meson->exe ] );
 
-helper_ok 'meson';
-interpolate_template_is '%{meson}', join " ", Alien::Meson->exe;
+like warning {
+  helper_ok 'meson';
+  interpolate_template_is '%{meson}', join " ", Alien::Meson->exe;
+}, qr/deprecated/, 'helper is deprecated';
 
 run_ok([ Alien::Meson->exe, qw(--version) ])
   ->success