diff --git a/include/meson.mk b/include/meson.mk
index 01d0ce0280..9862f0e662 100644
--- a/include/meson.mk
+++ b/include/meson.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #
 # Host packages are built in the same fashion, just use these vars instead:
 #
-# HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=meson/host
 # MESON_HOST_ARGS+=-Dfoo -Dbar=baz
 # MESON_HOST_VARS+=FOO=bar
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ MESON_CPU:="$(CPU_TYPE)$(if $(CPU_SUBTYPE),+$(CPU_SUBTYPE))"
 endif
 
 define Meson
-	$(2) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/$(PYTHON) $(MESON_DIR)/meson.py $(1)
+	$(2) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/meson $(1)
 endef
 
 define Meson/CreateNativeFile
diff --git a/tools/meson/Makefile b/tools/meson/Makefile
index bae89654a5..0cf0efba47 100644
--- a/tools/meson/Makefile
+++ b/tools/meson/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=meson
-PKG_VERSION:=0.59.1
+PKG_VERSION:=0.59.2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=db586a451650d46bbe10984a87b79d9bcdc1caebf38d8e189f8848f8d502356d
+PKG_HASH:=13dee549a7ba758b7e33ce7719f28d1d337a98d10d378a4779ccc996f5a2fc49
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ define Host/Compile
 endef
 
 define Host/Install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
+	$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/packaging/create_zipapp.py $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) --interpreter $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/$(PYTHON) --outfile $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/meson
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/meson
-	$(CP) $(HOST_BUILD_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/
 endef
 
 define Host/Clean
diff --git a/tools/meson/src/openwrt-cross.txt.in b/tools/meson/files/openwrt-cross.txt.in
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/meson/src/openwrt-cross.txt.in
rename to tools/meson/files/openwrt-cross.txt.in
diff --git a/tools/meson/src/openwrt-native.txt.in b/tools/meson/files/openwrt-native.txt.in
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/meson/src/openwrt-native.txt.in
rename to tools/meson/files/openwrt-native.txt.in