diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
index 8fafaad975..c62007f507 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ -z "$OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT" ]; then
-    echo "OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT not set; are you in a Yocto SDK environment?" >&2
+    exec "meson.real" "$@"
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$SSL_CERT_DIR" ]; then
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson_0.63.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson_0.63.0.bb
index 42e64e351f..890f47506f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson_0.63.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson_0.63.0.bb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def generate_native_link_template(d):
 
     return repr(val)
 
-do_install:append:class-nativesdk() {
+install_templates() {
     install -d ${D}${datadir}/meson
 
     cat >${D}${datadir}/meson/meson.native.template <<EOF
@@ -117,11 +117,19 @@ needs_exe_wrapper = true
 sys_root = @OECORE_TARGET_SYSROOT
 
 [host_machine]
-system = '${SDK_OS}'
-cpu_family = '${@meson_cpu_family("SDK_ARCH", d)}'
-cpu = '${SDK_ARCH}'
-endian = '${@meson_endian("SDK", d)}'
+system = '$host_system'
+cpu_family = '$host_cpu_family'
+cpu = '$host_cpu'
+endian = '$host_endian'
 EOF
+}
+
+do_install:append:class-nativesdk() {
+    host_system=${SDK_OS}
+    host_cpu_family=${@meson_cpu_family("SDK_ARCH", d)}
+    host_cpu=${SDK_ARCH}
+    host_endian=${@meson_endian("SDK", d)}
+    install_templates
 
     install -d ${D}${SDKPATHNATIVE}/post-relocate-setup.d
     install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/meson-setup.py ${D}${SDKPATHNATIVE}/post-relocate-setup.d/
@@ -132,3 +140,19 @@ EOF
 }
 
 FILES:${PN}:append:class-nativesdk = "${datadir}/meson ${SDKPATHNATIVE}"
+
+do_install:append:class-native() {
+    host_system=${HOST_OS}
+    host_cpu_family=${@meson_cpu_family("HOST_ARCH", d)}
+    host_cpu=${HOST_ARCH}
+    host_endian=${@meson_endian("HOST", d)}
+    install_templates
+
+    install -d ${D}${datadir}/post-relocate-setup.d
+    install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/meson-setup.py ${D}${datadir}/post-relocate-setup.d/
+
+    # We need to wrap the real meson with a thin wrapper that substitues native/cross files
+    # when running in a direct SDK environment.
+    mv ${D}${bindir}/meson ${D}${bindir}/meson.real
+    install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/meson-wrapper ${D}${bindir}/meson
+}