--- /dev/null
+# Note: Buildroot's and Meson's terminologies differ about the meaning
+# of 'build', 'host' and 'target':
+# - Buildroot's 'host' is Meson's 'build'
+# - Buildroot's 'target' is Meson's 'host'
+
+[binaries]
+c = '@TARGET_CROSS@gcc'
+cpp = '@TARGET_CROSS@g++'
+ar = '@TARGET_CROSS@ar'
+strip = '@TARGET_CROSS@strip'
+pkgconfig = '@HOST_DIR@/usr/bin/pkg-config'
+
+[properties]
+c_args = [@TARGET_CFLAGS@]
+c_link_args = [@TARGET_LDFLAGS@]
+cpp_args = [@TARGET_CXXFLAGS@]
+cpp_link_args = [@TARGET_LDFLAGS@]
+
+[host_machine]
+system = 'linux'
+cpu_family ='@TARGET_ARCH@'
+cpu = '@TARGET_CPU@'
+endian = '@TARGET_ENDIAN@'
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+################################################################################
+#
+# meson
+#
+################################################################################
+
+MESON_VERSION = 0.43.0
+MESON_SITE = https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/$(MESON_VERSION)
+MESON_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+MESON_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+MESON_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+
+HOST_MESON_DEPENDENCIES = host-ninja
+HOST_MESON_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON = python3
+
+HOST_MESON_TARGET_ENDIAN = $(call LOWERCASE,$(BR2_ENDIAN))
+HOST_MESON_TARGET_CPU = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU))
+
+define HOST_MESON_INSTALL_CROSS_CONF
+ mkdir -p $(HOST_DIR)/etc/meson
+ sed -e "s%@TARGET_CROSS@%$(TARGET_CROSS)%g" \
+ -e "s%@TARGET_ARCH@%$(ARCH)%g" \
+ -e "s%@TARGET_CPU@%$(HOST_MESON_TARGET_CPU)%g" \
+ -e "s%@TARGET_ENDIAN@%$(HOST_MESON_TARGET_ENDIAN)%g" \
+ -e "s%@TARGET_CFLAGS@%`printf '"%s", ' $(TARGET_CFLAGS)`%g" \
+ -e "s%@TARGET_LDFLAGS@%`printf '"%s", ' $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)`%g" \
+ -e "s%@TARGET_CXXFLAGS@%`printf '"%s", ' $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)`%g" \
+ -e "s%@HOST_DIR@%$(HOST_DIR)%g" \
+ $(HOST_MESON_PKGDIR)/cross-compilation.conf.in \
+ > $(HOST_DIR)/etc/meson/cross-compilation.conf
+endef
+
+HOST_MESON_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_MESON_INSTALL_CROSS_CONF
+
+$(eval $(host-python-package))