diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh
index 341b1ff9e6eb..36a7fe23ef5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ mesonConfigurePhase() {
       crossMesonFlags="--cross-file=@crossFile@/cross-file.conf"
     fi
 
+    # See multiple-outputs.sh and meson’s coredata.py
+    mesonFlags="\
+        --libdir=${!outputLib}/lib --libexecdir=${!outputLib}/libexec \
+        --bindir=${!outputBin}/bin --sbindir=${!outputBin}/sbin \
+        --includedir=${!outputInclude}/include \
+        --mandir=${!outputMan}/share/man --infodir=${!outputInfo}/share/info \
+        --localedir=${!outputLib}/share/locale \
+        $mesonFlags"
+
     mesonFlags="${crossMesonFlags+$crossMesonFlags }--buildtype=${mesonBuildType:-release} $mesonFlags"
 
     echo "meson flags: $mesonFlags ${mesonFlagsArray[@]}"