diff --git a/include/meson.mk b/include/meson.mk
index 74c9d3dd7fa..65716746fe1 100644
--- a/include/meson.mk
+++ b/include/meson.mk
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ endef
 define Host/Configure/Meson
 	$(call Meson/CreateNativeFile,$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt)
 	$(call Meson, \
+		setup \
 		--native-file $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt \
 		$(MESON_HOST_ARGS) \
 		$(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) \
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ define Build/Configure/Meson
 	$(call Meson/CreateNativeFile,$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt)
 	$(call Meson/CreateCrossFile,$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-cross.txt)
 	$(call Meson, \
+		setup \
 		--buildtype plain \
 		--native-file $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt \
 		--cross-file $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-cross.txt \
diff --git a/tools/meson/Makefile b/tools/meson/Makefile
index 23bb393a593..96974faafe5 100644
--- a/tools/meson/Makefile
+++ b/tools/meson/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=meson
-PKG_VERSION:=1.2.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.3.2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=b1db3a153087549497ee52b1c938d2134e0338214fe14f7efd16fecd57b639f5
+PKG_HASH:=492eb450c8b073024276f916f5adbb3c4bb7e90e9e6ec124efda064f3d9b5baa
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tools/meson/files/openwrt-cross.txt.in b/tools/meson/files/openwrt-cross.txt.in
index ba119150691..836a0e51e4f 100644
--- a/tools/meson/files/openwrt-cross.txt.in
+++ b/tools/meson/files/openwrt-cross.txt.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cpp_ld = [@LD@]
 ar = '@AR@'
 strip = '@STRIP@'
 nm = '@NM@'
-pkgconfig = '@PKGCONFIG@'
+pkg-config = '@PKGCONFIG@'
 cmake = '@CMAKE@'
 python = '@PYTHON@'
 
diff --git a/tools/meson/files/openwrt-native.txt.in b/tools/meson/files/openwrt-native.txt.in
index 48e09ece2c6..179e00b43ee 100644
--- a/tools/meson/files/openwrt-native.txt.in
+++ b/tools/meson/files/openwrt-native.txt.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [binaries]
 c = [@CC@]
 cpp = [@CXX@]
-pkgconfig = '@PKGCONFIG@'
+pkg-config = '@PKGCONFIG@'
 cmake = '@CMAKE@'
 python = '@PYTHON@'