diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
index c62007f5077e..fae9e167a325 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
@@ -13,7 +13,23 @@ fi
 # config is already in meson.cross.
 unset CC CXX CPP LD AR NM STRIP
 
+for arg in "${@}"; do
+    case ${arg} in
+    -*) continue ;;
+    *) SUBCMD=${arg}; break ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+case ${SUBCMD} in
+setup)
+    MESON_SUB_OPTS=" \
+        --cross-file="${OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT}/usr/share/meson/${TARGET_PREFIX}meson.cross" \
+        --native-file="${OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT}/usr/share/meson/meson.native" \
+        "
+    ;;
+esac
+
 exec "$OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT/usr/bin/meson.real" \
-     --cross-file "${OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT}/usr/share/meson/${TARGET_PREFIX}meson.cross" \
-     --native-file "${OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT}/usr/share/meson/meson.native" \
-     "$@"
+    ${SUBCMD} \
+    ${MESON_SUB_OPTS} \
+    $(echo $@ | sed s/${SUBCMD}//)