diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2841c31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "internal/rpicamera/exe/libcamera"]
+	path = internal/rpicamera/exe/libcamera
+	url = https://git.libcamera.org/libcamera/libcamera.git
diff --git a/internal/core/core.go b/internal/core/core.go
index 4fbd64f1..743d21fe 100644
--- a/internal/core/core.go
+++ b/internal/core/core.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/externalcmd"
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/rlimit"
-	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/rpicamera"
 )
 
 var version = "v0.0.0"
@@ -671,10 +670,6 @@ func (p *Core) closeResources(newConf *conf.Conf, calledByAPI bool) {
 		p.externalCmdPool.Close()
 	}
 
-	if newConf == nil {
-		rpicamera.Cleanup()
-	}
-
 	if closeLogger {
 		p.logger.Close()
 		p.logger = nil
diff --git a/internal/rpicamera/exe/Makefile b/internal/rpicamera/exe/Makefile
index 5f285dfc..f4ea1629 100644
--- a/internal/rpicamera/exe/Makefile
+++ b/internal/rpicamera/exe/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ CXXFLAGS = \
 	-Wno-unused-parameter \
 	-Wno-unused-result \
 	-std=c++17 \
-	$$(pkg-config --cflags libcamera)
+	$$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH=libcamera_prefix/lib/pkgconfig pkg-config --cflags libcamera)
 
 LDFLAGS = \
 	-s \
 	-pthread \
-	$$(pkg-config --libs freetype2) \
-	$$(pkg-config --libs libcamera)
+	$$(pkg-config --static --libs freetype2) \
+	$$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH=libcamera_prefix/lib/pkgconfig pkg-config --static --libs libcamera)
 
 OBJS = \
 	base64.o \
@@ -34,18 +34,28 @@ OBJS = \
 	text.o \
 	window.o
 
+LIBCAMERA = libcamera_prefix/lib/libcamera.a
+
 all: exe
 
+$(LIBCAMERA):
+	cd libcamera \
+	&& meson setup \
+	-Dlc-compliance=disabled \
+	-Dipas=raspberrypi \
+	-Dpipelines=raspberrypi \
+	--prefix=$(PWD)/libcamera_prefix \
+	build \
+	&& ninja -C build install
+
 text_font.h: text_font.ttf
 	xxd --include $< > text_font.h
 
-%.o: %.c text_font.h
+%.o: %.c $(LIBCAMERA) text_font.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
-%.o: %.cpp
+%.o: %.cpp $(LIBCAMERA)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 exe: $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
-	patchelf --replace-needed $$(basename /usr/lib/*-linux-*/libcamera.so.0*) libcamera.so.x.x.x $@
-	patchelf --replace-needed $$(basename /usr/lib/*-linux-*/libcamera-base.so.0*) libcamera-base.so.x.x.x $@
diff --git a/internal/rpicamera/exe/libcamera b/internal/rpicamera/exe/libcamera
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..fb44403f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/rpicamera/exe/libcamera
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fb44403f1c5571549ac128c21daee9761eb9249c
diff --git a/internal/rpicamera/rpicamera.go b/internal/rpicamera/rpicamera.go
index c9b288c9..ff4a3388 100644
--- a/internal/rpicamera/rpicamera.go
+++ b/internal/rpicamera/rpicamera.go
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@
 package rpicamera
 
 import (
-	"debug/elf"
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediacommon/pkg/codecs/h264"
@@ -48,91 +44,6 @@ func startEmbeddedExe(content []byte, env []string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 	return cmd, nil
 }
 
-func findLibrary(name string) (string, error) {
-	byts, err := exec.Command("ldconfig", "-p").Output()
-	if err == nil {
-		for _, line := range strings.Split(string(byts), "\n") {
-			f := strings.Split(line, " => ")
-			if len(f) == 2 && strings.Contains(f[1], name+".so") {
-				return f[1], nil
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("library '%s' not found", name)
-}
-
-func check64bit(fpath string) error {
-	f, err := os.Open(fpath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	ef, err := elf.NewFile(f)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer ef.Close()
-
-	if ef.FileHeader.Class == elf.ELFCLASS64 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("libcamera is 64-bit, you need the 64-bit server version")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func setupSymlink(name string) error {
-	lib, err := findLibrary(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if runtime.GOARCH == "arm" {
-		err := check64bit(lib)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	os.Remove("/dev/shm/" + name + ".so.x.x.x")
-	return os.Symlink(lib, "/dev/shm/"+name+".so.x.x.x")
-}
-
-var (
-	mutex    sync.Mutex
-	setupped bool
-)
-
-func setupLibcameraOnce() error {
-	mutex.Lock()
-	defer mutex.Unlock()
-
-	if !setupped {
-		err := setupSymlink("libcamera")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		err = setupSymlink("libcamera-base")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		setupped = true
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Cleanup cleanups files created by the camera implementation.
-func Cleanup() {
-	if setupped {
-		os.Remove("/dev/shm/libcamera-base.so.x.x.x")
-		os.Remove("/dev/shm/libcamera.so.x.x.x")
-	}
-}
-
 type RPICamera struct {
 	onData func(time.Duration, [][]byte)
 
@@ -148,15 +59,11 @@ func New(
 	params Params,
 	onData func(time.Duration, [][]byte),
 ) (*RPICamera, error) {
-	err := setupLibcameraOnce()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	c := &RPICamera{
 		onData: onData,
 	}
 
+	var err error
 	c.pipeConf, err = newPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -169,7 +76,6 @@ func New(
 	}
 
 	env := []string{
-		"LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/dev/shm",
 		"PIPE_CONF_FD=" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(c.pipeConf.readFD), 10),
 		"PIPE_VIDEO_FD=" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(c.pipeVideo.writeFD), 10),
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rpicamera/rpicamera_disabled.go b/internal/rpicamera/rpicamera_disabled.go
index a8663320..46b4f4c7 100644
--- a/internal/rpicamera/rpicamera_disabled.go
+++ b/internal/rpicamera/rpicamera_disabled.go
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// Cleanup cleanups files created by the camera implementation.
-func Cleanup() {
-}
-
 // RPICamera is a RPI Camera reader.
 type RPICamera struct{}
 
diff --git a/scripts/binaries.mk b/scripts/binaries.mk
index b25afec6..9566d2d3 100644
--- a/scripts/binaries.mk
+++ b/scripts/binaries.mk
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
+RPICAMERA_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	g++ \
+	pkg-config \
+	make \
+	libfreetype-dev \
+	xxd \
+	meson \
+	libyaml-dev \
+	python3-yaml \
+	python3-ply \
+	python3-jinja2 \
+	libssl-dev
+
 define DOCKERFILE_BINARIES
-FROM $(RPI32_IMAGE) AS rpicamera32
-RUN ["cross-build-start"]
-RUN apt update && apt install -y --no-install-recommends g++ pkg-config make libcamera-dev libfreetype-dev xxd patchelf
-WORKDIR /s/internal/rpicamera
-COPY internal/rpicamera .
-RUN cd exe && make -j$$(nproc)
+# FROM $(RPI32_IMAGE) AS rpicamera32
+# RUN ["cross-build-start"]
+# RUN apt update && apt install -y --no-install-recommends $(RPICAMERA_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES)
+# WORKDIR /s/internal/rpicamera/exe
+# COPY internal/rpicamera/exe .
+# RUN make -j$$(nproc)
 
 FROM $(RPI64_IMAGE) AS rpicamera64
 RUN ["cross-build-start"]
-RUN apt update && apt install -y --no-install-recommends g++ pkg-config make libcamera-dev libfreetype-dev xxd patchelf
-WORKDIR /s/internal/rpicamera
-COPY internal/rpicamera .
-RUN cd exe && make -j$$(nproc)
+RUN apt update && apt install -y --no-install-recommends $(RPICAMERA_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES)
+WORKDIR /s/internal/rpicamera/exe
+COPY internal/rpicamera/exe .
+RUN make -j$$(nproc)
 
 FROM $(BASE_IMAGE) AS build-base
 RUN apk add --no-cache zip make git tar
@@ -25,33 +38,33 @@ RUN rm -rf tmp binaries
 RUN mkdir tmp binaries
 RUN cp mediamtx.yml LICENSE tmp/
 
-FROM build-base AS build-windows-amd64
-RUN GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx.exe
-RUN cd tmp && zip -q ../binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_windows_amd64.zip mediamtx.exe mediamtx.yml LICENSE
+# FROM build-base AS build-windows-amd64
+# RUN GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx.exe
+# RUN cd tmp && zip -q ../binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_windows_amd64.zip mediamtx.exe mediamtx.yml LICENSE
 
-FROM build-base AS build-linux-amd64
-RUN GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx
-RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
+# FROM build-base AS build-linux-amd64
+# RUN GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx
+# RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
 
-FROM build-base AS build-darwin-amd64
-RUN GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx
-RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_darwin_amd64.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
+# FROM build-base AS build-darwin-amd64
+# RUN GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx
+# RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_darwin_amd64.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
 
-FROM build-base AS build-darwin-arm64
-RUN GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx
-RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_darwin_arm64.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
+# FROM build-base AS build-darwin-arm64
+# RUN GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx
+# RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_darwin_arm64.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
 
-FROM build-base AS build-linux-armv6
-COPY --from=rpicamera32 /s/internal/rpicamera/exe/exe internal/rpicamera/exe/
-RUN GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm GOARM=6 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx -tags rpicamera
-RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_linux_armv6.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
-RUN rm internal/rpicamera/exe/exe
+# FROM build-base AS build-linux-armv6
+# COPY --from=rpicamera32 /s/internal/rpicamera/exe/exe internal/rpicamera/exe/
+# RUN GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm GOARM=6 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx -tags rpicamera
+# RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_linux_armv6.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
+# RUN rm internal/rpicamera/exe/exe
 
-FROM build-base AS build-linux-armv7
-COPY --from=rpicamera32 /s/internal/rpicamera/exe/exe internal/rpicamera/exe/
-RUN GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm GOARM=7 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx -tags rpicamera
-RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_linux_armv7.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
-RUN rm internal/rpicamera/exe/exe
+# FROM build-base AS build-linux-armv7
+# COPY --from=rpicamera32 /s/internal/rpicamera/exe/exe internal/rpicamera/exe/
+# RUN GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm GOARM=7 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/core.version=$$VERSION" -o tmp/mediamtx -tags rpicamera
+# RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_linux_armv7.tar.gz --owner=0 --group=0 mediamtx mediamtx.yml LICENSE
+# RUN rm internal/rpicamera/exe/exe
 
 FROM build-base AS build-linux-arm64
 COPY --from=rpicamera64 /s/internal/rpicamera/exe/exe internal/rpicamera/exe/
@@ -60,12 +73,12 @@ RUN tar -C tmp -czf binaries/mediamtx_$${VERSION}_linux_arm64v8.tar.gz --owner=0
 RUN rm internal/rpicamera/exe/exe
 
 FROM $(BASE_IMAGE)
-COPY --from=build-windows-amd64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
-COPY --from=build-linux-amd64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
-COPY --from=build-darwin-amd64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
-COPY --from=build-darwin-arm64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
-COPY --from=build-linux-armv6 /s/binaries /s/binaries
-COPY --from=build-linux-armv7 /s/binaries /s/binaries
+# COPY --from=build-windows-amd64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
+# COPY --from=build-linux-amd64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
+# COPY --from=build-darwin-amd64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
+# COPY --from=build-darwin-arm64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
+# COPY --from=build-linux-armv6 /s/binaries /s/binaries
+# COPY --from=build-linux-armv7 /s/binaries /s/binaries
 COPY --from=build-linux-arm64 /s/binaries /s/binaries
 endef
 export DOCKERFILE_BINARIES