diff --git a/devel/meson/Makefile b/devel/meson/Makefile
index b90f511af..9142b1f87 100644
--- a/devel/meson/Makefile
+++ b/devel/meson/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=meson
-PKG_VERSION:=0.56.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=0.57.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PYPI_NAME:=meson
-PKG_HASH:=3cb8bdb91383f7f8da642f916e4c44066a29262caa499341e2880f010edb87f4
+PKG_HASH:=72e1c782ba9bda204f4a1ed57f98d027d7b6eb9414c723eebbd6ec7f1955c8a6
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
diff --git a/devel/meson/meson.mk b/devel/meson/meson.mk
index b855e267d..6ae9c8da2 100644
--- a/devel/meson/meson.mk
+++ b/devel/meson/meson.mk
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ else
 MESON_ARCH:=$(CONFIG_ARCH)
 endif
 
+# this is undefined for just x64_64
+ifeq ($(origin CPU_TYPE),undefined)
+MESON_CPU:="generic"
+else
+MESON_CPU:="$(CPU_TYPE)$(if $(CPU_SUBTYPE),+$(CPU_SUBTYPE))"
+endif
+
 define Meson
 	$(2) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/$(PYTHON) $(MESON_DIR)/meson.py $(1)
 endef
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ define Meson/CreateCrossFile
 		-e "s|@CXXFLAGS@|$(foreach FLAG,$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS),'$(FLAG)',)|" \
 		-e "s|@LDFLAGS@|$(foreach FLAG,$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS),'$(FLAG)',)|" \
 		-e "s|@ARCH@|$(MESON_ARCH)|" \
-		-e "s|@CPU@|$(CONFIG_TARGET_SUBTARGET)|" \
+		-e "s|@CPU@|$(MESON_CPU))|" \
 		-e "s|@ENDIAN@|$(if $(CONFIG_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)|" \
 		< $(MESON_DIR)/openwrt-cross.txt.in \
 		> $(1)
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ endef
 define Host/Configure/Meson
 	$(call Meson/CreateNativeFile,$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt)
 	$(call Meson, \
+		setup $(if $(wildcard $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR)/meson-*),--reconfigure,) \
 		--native-file $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt \
 		$(MESON_HOST_ARGS) \
 		$(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) \
@@ -113,6 +121,7 @@ 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 $(if $(wildcard $(MESON_BUILD_DIR)/meson-*),--reconfigure,) \
 		--buildtype plain \
 		--native-file $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt \
 		--cross-file $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-cross.txt \