diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a1d4f18a8..b60974fa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           # Use silx wheelhouse: needed for ppc64le
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_LINUX: "PIP_FIND_LINKS=https://www.silx.org/pub/wheelhouse/ PIP_TRUSTED_HOST=www.silx.org"
+          # diable OpenMP under windows
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_WINDOWS: >
+            CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD="${{ echo False > PYFAI_WITH_OPENMP }}"
 
           CIBW_BUILD: cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*
           # Do not build for pypy and muslinux
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python -c "import pyFAI.test, sys; sys.exit(pyFAI.test.run_tests())"
           # Skip tests for emulated architectures
           # and Python3.8 on macos/arm64 (https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/pull/1169)
-          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "*-*linux_{aarch64,ppc64le,s390x} cp38-macosx_arm64 cp3*-win_amd64"
+          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "*-*linux_{aarch64,ppc64le,s390x} cp38-macosx_arm64"
           WITH_QT_TEST: "False"  # skip GUI tests
           PYFAI_OPENCL: "False"  # skip GPU tests
           PYFAI_LOW_MEM: "True"  # skip all tests >100Mb
diff --git a/bootstrap.py b/bootstrap.py
index 6ee8bd6a4..3f00e705c 100755
--- a/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bootstrap.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ def build_project(name, root_dir):
     libdir = "lib"
     if sys.platform == "win32":
         libdir = "Lib"
-        # extra = ["--buildtype", "plain"]
 
     build = os.path.join(root_dir, "build")
     if not(os.path.isdir(build) and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(build, name))):
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f270e94a4..a0fcf3df5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('pyFAI',
   'c', 'cpp', 'cython',
   license: 'MIT',
-  meson_version: '>= 0.60',
+  meson_version: '>= 1.1',
   version: run_command(['version.py', '--wheel'],
                        check:true).stdout().strip(),
   default_options: ['buildtype=plain', ],
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ if meson.backend() != 'ninja'
   error('Ninja backend required')
 endif
 
+# Read configuration files to disable OpenMP:
+# 'PYFAI_WITH_OPENMP' file should contain 'False'
+os = import('fs')
+if os.is_file('PYFAI_WITH_OPENMP')
+  openmp_var = os.read('PYFAI_WITH_OPENMP').strip()
+else
+  openmp_var = ''
+endif
+
+
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 cy = meson.get_compiler('cython')
diff --git a/meson.options b/meson.options
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c78e17d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.options
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+option('use_openmp', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
+       description : 'force enable/disable the usage of OpenMP')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d6b367e3..e6e506203 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
 build-backend = 'mesonpy'
 requires = [
     'meson-python>=0.11',
-    "meson>=0.64; platform_system=='Windows'",
-    "meson>=0.60; platform_system!='Windows'",
+    "meson>=1.1",
     'ninja',
     'wheel',
     'oldest-supported-numpy',
diff --git a/src/pyFAI/ext/meson.build b/src/pyFAI/ext/meson.build
index fcd06a723..0e26b8c8e 100644
--- a/src/pyFAI/ext/meson.build
+++ b/src/pyFAI/ext/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-# OpenMP can be used
-omp = dependency('openmp', required : false)
+# OpenMP can be used? several ways to disable it:
+#  -> use -Duse_openmp=disabled
+#  -> or the file PYFAI_WITH_OPENMP should contain False
+#  -> or OpenMP can be unsuported on your achitecture/compiler
+
+omp = dependency('openmp', required: get_option('use_openmp').disable_auto_if(openmp_var=='False'))
 
 py.install_sources(['__init__.py'],
     pure: false,   # Will be installed next to binaries