diff --git a/include/meson.mk b/include/meson.mk
index ae17e18d2d..e101de4d89 100644
--- a/include/meson.mk
+++ b/include/meson.mk
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ MESON_CPU:="$(CPU_TYPE)$(if $(CPU_SUBTYPE),+$(CPU_SUBTYPE))"
 endif
 
 define Meson
-	$(2) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/$(PYTHON) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/meson $(1)
+	$(2) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/$(PYTHON) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/meson.py $(1)
 endef
 
 define Meson/CreateNativeFile
diff --git a/tools/meson/Makefile b/tools/meson/Makefile
index f648085f90..10f29c93d8 100644
--- a/tools/meson/Makefile
+++ b/tools/meson/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=meson
-PKG_VERSION:=0.60.0
+PKG_VERSION:=0.60.1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=080d68b685e9a0d9c9bb475457e097b49e1d1a6f750abc971428a8d2e1b12d47
+PKG_HASH:=5add789c953d984b500858b2851ee3d7add0460cf1a6f852f0a721af17384e13
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ endef
 
 define Host/Install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
-	$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/packaging/create_zipapp.py $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) --outfile $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/meson
+	$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/packaging/create_zipapp.py $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) --outfile $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/meson.py
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/meson
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) files/openwrt-cross.txt.in $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/meson/
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) files/openwrt-native.txt.in $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/meson/