diff --git a/recipes-containers/lxc/README b/recipes-containers/lxc/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6e3f1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-containers/lxc/README
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+install:
+--------
+
+ Install the following packages to your image:
+
+   IMAGE_INSTALL:append = "lxc lxc-networking kernel-modules"
+
+ These will put the core lxc application and networking onto your image.
+ No other configuration is required for a basic system.
+
+ Note: has only been tested with systemd, sysvinit patches are welcome
+
+ Note: Partially conflicts with packages such as k3s, networking will fail to
+       start.
+
+sample test:
+-----------
+
+ % lxc-create -n test -t download -- --server us.lxd.images.canonical.com -d alpine -r 3.16 -a amd64
+ % lxc-start test
+ % lxc-console test
+
+
diff --git a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/0001-download-don-t-try-compatbility-index.patch b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/0001-download-don-t-try-compatbility-index.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fee3b61a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/0001-download-don-t-try-compatbility-index.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From d69c856f90c752637b33e59fbbcfa31f619e2285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 22:44:24 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] download: don't try compatbility index
+
+This is being mistaken for a valid, non compat index .. and we never
+try for the one that exists (the index without a compatibility
+extension). So we just drop the compat try for now.
+
+Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>
+---
+ templates/lxc-download.in | 8 ++------
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/templates/lxc-download.in b/templates/lxc-download.in
+index 9a3290fbc..216e4dda7 100755
+--- a/templates/lxc-download.in
++++ b/templates/lxc-download.in
+@@ -234,9 +234,7 @@ if [ "${DOWNLOAD_LIST_IMAGES}" = "true" ] || [ "${DOWNLOAD_INTERACTIVE}" = "true
+   DOWNLOAD_INDEX_PATH="/meta/1.0/index-${DOWNLOAD_MODE}"
+ 
+   echo "Downloading the image index"
+-  if ! download_file "${DOWNLOAD_INDEX_PATH}.${DOWNLOAD_COMPAT_LEVEL}" "${DOWNLOAD_TEMP}/index" noexit; then
+-    download_file "${DOWNLOAD_INDEX_PATH}" "${DOWNLOAD_TEMP}/index" normal
+-  fi
++  download_file "${DOWNLOAD_INDEX_PATH}" "${DOWNLOAD_TEMP}/index" normal
+ 
+   # Parse it
+   echo ""
+@@ -316,9 +314,7 @@ if [ "${DOWNLOAD_USE_CACHE}" = "false" ]; then
+   DOWNLOAD_INDEX_PATH="/meta/1.0/index-${DOWNLOAD_MODE}"
+ 
+   echo "Downloading the image index"
+-  if ! download_file "${DOWNLOAD_INDEX_PATH}.${DOWNLOAD_COMPAT_LEVEL}" "${DOWNLOAD_TEMP}/index" noexit; then
+-    download_file "${DOWNLOAD_INDEX_PATH}" "${DOWNLOAD_TEMP}/index" normal
+-  fi
++  download_file "${DOWNLOAD_INDEX_PATH}" "${DOWNLOAD_TEMP}/index" normal
+ 
+   # Parse it
+   while IFS=';' read -r f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6; do
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/logs-optionally-use-base-filenames-to-report-src-fil.patch b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/logs-optionally-use-base-filenames-to-report-src-fil.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a8c76bc8..00000000
--- a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/logs-optionally-use-base-filenames-to-report-src-fil.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-From 0cfa202f5d96a35692f063f35bf4706f310b17e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jim Somerville <Jim.Somerville@windriver.com>
-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:08:17 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] logs: optionally use base filenames to report src files
-
-Message-Id: <4729d0f4c4d1dacd150ddfd7061dda875eb94e34.1443216870.git.Jim.Somerville@windriver.com>
-
-Problem:  Logs are nice in that they report the source file,
-routine, and line number where an issue occurs.  But the
-file is printed as the absolute filename.  Users do not
-need to see a long spew of path directory names where the package
-was built.  It just confuses things.
-
-Solution:  Optionally chop off all leading directories so that just
-the source filename ie. basename is printed.  This is done by
-setting a #ifdef LXC_LOG_USE_BASENAME check in the code.  That
-define is done via the optional --enable-log-src-basename provided
-at configure time.
-
-Using __BASE_FILE__ instead of __FILE__ did not work.  It
-refers to the file name as presented to the compile
-machinery, and that may still be the absolute pathname to
-the file.
-
-Signed-off-by: Jim Somerville <Jim.Somerville@windriver.com>
-
----
- configure.ac  | 9 +++++++++
- src/lxc/log.h | 5 +++++
- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index a3272e9..a2d4c29 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -378,6 +378,15 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([examples],
- 	[enable_examples=$enableval], [enable_examples=yes])
- AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_EXAMPLES], [test "x$enable_examples" = "xyes"])
- 
-+# Enable basenames in the logs for source files
-+AC_ARG_ENABLE([log-src-basename],
-+	[AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-log-src-basename], [Use the shorter source file basename in the logs [default=no]])],
-+	[], [enable_log_src_basename=no])
-+
-+if test "x$enable_log_src_basename" = "xyes"; then
-+	AC_DEFINE([LXC_LOG_USE_BASENAME], 1, [Enabling shorter src filenames in the logs])
-+fi
-+
- # Enable dumping stack traces
- AC_ARG_ENABLE([mutex-debugging],
- 	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-mutex-debugging], [Makes mutexes to report error and provide stack trace [default=no]])],
-diff --git a/src/lxc/log.h b/src/lxc/log.h
-index d280656..62cbf4f 100644
---- a/src/lxc/log.h
-+++ b/src/lxc/log.h
-@@ -47,8 +47,13 @@ struct lxc_log_locinfo {
- 	int line;
- };
- 
-+#ifdef LXC_LOG_USE_BASENAME
-+#define LXC_LOG_LOCINFO_INIT						\
-+	{ .file = (strrchr(__FILE__, '/') ? strrchr(__FILE__, '/') + 1 : __FILE__), .func = __func__, .line = __LINE__	}
-+#else
- #define LXC_LOG_LOCINFO_INIT						\
- 	{ .file = __FILE__, .func = __func__, .line = __LINE__	}
-+#endif
- 
- /* brief logging event object */
- struct lxc_log_event {
diff --git a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc-doc-upgrade-to-use-docbook-3.1-DTD.patch b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc-doc-upgrade-to-use-docbook-3.1-DTD.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index be5dddf1..00000000
--- a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc-doc-upgrade-to-use-docbook-3.1-DTD.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 85d1e77acbfde2aa1045cfda877a91a9e57c405d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jim Somerville <Jim.Somerville@windriver.com>
-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:05:00 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] lxc: doc: upgrade to use docbook 3.1 DTD
-
-docbook2man fails to build the man pages in poky
-due to missing the ancient Davenport 3.0 DTD.
-Poky meta has the Oasis 3.1 version so upgrade
-to use that instead.
-
-Signed-off-by: Jim Somerville <Jim.Somerville@windriver.com>
-
----
- configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 90a4bd4..a3272e9 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_DOCBOOK], [test "x$db2xman" != "x"])
- AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_DOCBOOK2X], [test "x$db2xman" != "xdocbook2man"])
- 
- if test "x$db2xman" = "xdocbook2man"; then
--	docdtd="\"-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN\""
-+	docdtd="\"-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN\""
- else
- 	docdtd="\"-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML\" \"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd\""
- fi
diff --git a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc-fix-B-S.patch b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc-fix-B-S.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a807b7c..00000000
--- a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc-fix-B-S.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From dc2e71f060c25b94f011fce12ef59d2f5ae4e6a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dmitry_eremin@mentor.com>
-Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 23:01:48 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] %% original patch: lxc-fix-B-S.patch
-
----
- config/init/upstart/Makefile.am | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/config/init/upstart/Makefile.am b/config/init/upstart/Makefile.am
-index 5552d32..186ae3d 100644
---- a/config/init/upstart/Makefile.am
-+++ b/config/init/upstart/Makefile.am
-@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST = lxc.conf lxc-instance.conf lxc-net.conf.in
- if INIT_SCRIPT_UPSTART
- install-upstart: lxc.conf lxc-instance.conf lxc-net.conf
- 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init/
--	$(INSTALL_DATA) lxc.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init/
-+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/lxc.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init/
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/lxc-instance.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init/
--	$(INSTALL_DATA) lxc-net.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init/
-+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/lxc-net.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init/
- 
- uninstall-upstart:
- 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init/lxc.conf
diff --git a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/templates-use-curl-instead-of-wget.patch b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/templates-use-curl-instead-of-wget.patch
index f06e5969..3c96c5e0 100644
--- a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/templates-use-curl-instead-of-wget.patch
+++ b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/templates-use-curl-instead-of-wget.patch
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-From 1db2db7783bd7ec2aa1da86e640019891634c659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Joakim Roubert <joakimr@axis.com>
-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 07:52:48 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Use curl instead of wget
+From 3e4cb0b738649f7750413cefbcfdb2115213ad0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 14:08:56 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] download: Use curl instead of wget
 
 When curl's MIT license is preferable to wget's GPLv3.
 
-Change-Id: I4684ae7569704514fdcc63e0655c556efcaf44f8
 Signed-off-by: Joakim Roubert <joakimr@axis.com>
 Signed-off-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@windriver.com>
+Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>
 ---
- templates/lxc-download.in | 10 +++++-----
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+ templates/lxc-download.in | 8 ++++----
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 
-Index: git/templates/lxc-download.in
-===================================================================
---- git.orig/templates/lxc-download.in
-+++ git/templates/lxc-download.in
-@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
+diff --git a/templates/lxc-download.in b/templates/lxc-download.in
+index a62ddf482..690307338 100755
+--- a/templates/lxc-download.in
++++ b/templates/lxc-download.in
+@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ cleanup() {
    fi
  }
  
@@ -28,19 +28,16 @@ Index: git/templates/lxc-download.in
        return 0
      fi
    done
-@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@
+@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ wget_wrapper() {
  }
  
  download_file() {
 -  if ! wget_wrapper --user-agent="lxc/@PACKAGE_VERSION@ compat:${DOWNLOAD_COMPAT_LEVEL}" -T 30 -q "https://${DOWNLOAD_SERVER}/$1" -O "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
--    if [ "$3" = "noexit" ]; then
-+  if ! curl_wrapper --user-agent="lxc/@PACKAGE_VERSION@ compat:${DOWNLOAD_COMPAT_LEVEL}" -m 30 -s "https://${DOWNLOAD_SERVER}/$1" -o "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-+    if ! curl_wrapper --user-agent="lxc/@PACKAGE_VERSION@ compat:${DOWNLOAD_COMPAT_LEVEL}" -m 30 -s "http://${DOWNLOAD_SERVER}/$1" -o "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-+      if [ "$3" = "noexit" ]; then
++  if ! curl_wrapper --user-agent "lxc/@PACKAGE_VERSION@ compat:${DOWNLOAD_COMPAT_LEVEL}" -m 30 -s "https://${DOWNLOAD_SERVER}/$1" -o "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+     if [ "$3" = "noexit" ]; then
        return 1
      else
-       echo "ERROR: Failed to download https://${DOWNLOAD_SERVER}/$1" 1>&2
-@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@
+@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ while :; do
  done
  
  # Check for required binaries
@@ -49,3 +46,6 @@ Index: git/templates/lxc-download.in
    if ! command -V "${bin}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      echo "ERROR: Missing required tool: ${bin}" 1>&2
      exit 1
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_git.bb b/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_git.bb
index cecb5914..bcc17953 100644
--- a/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_git.bb
@@ -36,48 +36,51 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "file make gmp nettle gnutls bash libgcc"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-networking += "iptables"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/lxc/lxc.git;branch=stable-4.0;protocol=https \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/lxc/lxc.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
 	file://lxc-1.0.0-disable-udhcp-from-busybox-template.patch \
 	file://run-ptest \
-	file://lxc-fix-B-S.patch \
-	file://lxc-doc-upgrade-to-use-docbook-3.1-DTD.patch \
-	file://logs-optionally-use-base-filenames-to-report-src-fil.patch \
 	file://templates-actually-create-DOWNLOAD_TEMP-directory.patch \
 	file://template-make-busybox-template-compatible-with-core-.patch \
 	file://templates-use-curl-instead-of-wget.patch \
+	file://0001-download-don-t-try-compatbility-index.patch \
 	file://tests-our-init-is-not-busybox.patch \
 	file://dnsmasq.conf \
 	file://lxc-net \
 	"
 
-SRCREV = "5ba5725cb4a210c25707beeca64fde5f561d1c71"
-PV = "4.0.12+git${SRCPV}"
+SRCREV = "133aa416ca2a5996090ec0e697e253646364d274"
+PV = "5.0.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 # Let's not configure for the host distro.
 #
-PTEST_CONF = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ptest', '--enable-tests', '', d)}"
-EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-distro=${DISTRO} ${PTEST_CONF}"
+PTEST_CONF = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ptest', '-Dtests=true', '', d)}"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-init-script=\
-${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'sysvinit,', '', d)}\
-${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'systemd', '', d)}"
-
-EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-log-src-basename --disable-werror"
+# No meson equivalent for --with-distro
+# EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-distro=${DISTRO} ${PTEST_CONF}"
+EXTRA_OEMESON += "${PTEST_CONF}"
+# No meson equivalent for these yet
+# EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-log-src-basename --disable-werror"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "templates \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'systemd', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'selinux', 'selinux', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'seccomp', 'seccomp', '', d)} \
 "
-PACKAGECONFIG[doc] = "--enable-doc --enable-api-docs,--disable-doc --disable-api-docs,,"
-PACKAGECONFIG[rpath] = "--enable-rpath,--disable-rpath,,"
-PACKAGECONFIG[apparmor] = "--enable-apparmor,--disable-apparmor,apparmor,apparmor"
+
+# Meson doesn't seem to be as fine grained as the autotools releases
+# PACKAGECONFIG[doc] = "--enable-doc --enable-api-docs,--disable-doc --disable-api-docs,,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[doc] = "-Dman=true,-Dman=false,,"
+# No meson equiv found for rpath yet
+# PACKAGECONFIG[rpath] = "--enable-rpath,--disable-rpath,,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[apparmor] = "-Dapparmor=true,-Dapparmor=false,apparmor,apparmor"
 PACKAGECONFIG[templates] = ",,, ${PN}-templates"
-PACKAGECONFIG[selinux] = "--enable-selinux,--disable-selinux,libselinux,libselinux"
-PACKAGECONFIG[seccomp] ="--enable-seccomp,--disable-seccomp,libseccomp,libseccomp"
-PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_unitdir}/system/,--without-systemdsystemunitdir,systemd,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[selinux] = "-Dselinux=true,-Dselinux=false,libselinux,libselinux"
+PACKAGECONFIG[seccomp] ="-Dseccomp=true,-Dseccomp=false,libseccomp,libseccomp"
+# meson equiv for the unitdir found yet
+# PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_unitdir}/system/,--without-systemdsystemunitdir,systemd,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "-Dinit-script=systemd,-Dinit-script=sysvinit,systemd,"
 
 # required by python3 to run setup.py
 export BUILD_SYS
@@ -85,18 +88,18 @@ export HOST_SYS
 export STAGING_INCDIR
 export STAGING_LIBDIR
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig ptest update-rc.d systemd python3native
+inherit meson pkgconfig ptest update-rc.d systemd python3native
 
 SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN} ${PN}-networking"
-SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "lxc.service"
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "lxc.service lxc-monitord.service"
 SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE:${PN} = "disable"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN}-networking = "lxc-net.service"
 SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE:${PN}-networking = "enable"
 
-INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${PN} ${PN}-networking"
-INITSCRIPT_NAME:${PN} = "lxc-containers"
+INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '', '${PN}', d)} ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '', '${PN}-networking',d)}"
+INITSCRIPT_NAME:${PN} = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '', 'lxc-containers', d)}"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS:${PN} = "defaults"
-INITSCRIPT_NAME:${PN}-networking = "lxc-net"
+INITSCRIPT_NAME:${PN}-networking = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '', 'lxc-net', d)}"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS:${PN}-networking = "defaults"
 
 FILES:${PN}-doc = "${mandir} ${infodir}"
@@ -117,11 +120,12 @@ FILES:${PN}-networking += " \
     ${sysconfdir}/default/lxc-net \
 "
 
-CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += " \
-    ac_cv_path_PYTHON='${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python3-native/python3' \
-    am_cv_python_pyexecdir='${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}' \
-    am_cv_python_pythondir='${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}' \
-"
+# Not needed for meson
+# CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += " \
+#     ac_cv_path_PYTHON='${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python3-native/python3' \
+#     am_cv_python_pyexecdir='${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}' \
+#     am_cv_python_pythondir='${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}' \
+#"
 
 do_install:append() {
 	# The /var/cache/lxc directory created by the Makefile
@@ -134,8 +138,15 @@ do_install:append() {
 	for i in `grep -l "#! */bin/bash" ${D}${datadir}/lxc/hooks/*`; do \
 	    sed -e 's|#! */bin/bash|#!/bin/sh|' -i $i; done
 
-	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
-	install -m 755 config/init/sysvinit/lxc* ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
+	if "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'true', 'false', d)}"; then
+	    # nothing special for systemd at the moment
+	    true
+	else
+	    # with meson, these aren't built unless sysvinit is the enabled
+	    # init system.
+	    install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
+	    install -m 755 config/init/sysvinit/lxc* ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
+	fi
 
 	# since python3-native is used for install location this will not be
 	# suitable for the target and we will have to correct the package install