diff --git a/scripts/build/configure/termux_step_configure_meson.sh b/scripts/build/configure/termux_step_configure_meson.sh
index 43aa502318cf477..f4604618dbd552f 100644
--- a/scripts/build/configure/termux_step_configure_meson.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/configure/termux_step_configure_meson.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ termux_step_configure_meson() {
 	CC=gcc CXX=g++ CFLAGS= CXXFLAGS= CPPFLAGS= LDFLAGS= $TERMUX_MESON \
 		$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR \
 		$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR \
-		--cross-file $TERMUX_MESON_CROSSFILE \
+		--$(test "${TERMUX_PKG_MESON_NATIVE}" = "true" && echo "native-file" || echo "cross-file") $TERMUX_MESON_CROSSFILE \
 		--prefix $TERMUX_PREFIX \
 		--libdir lib \
 		--buildtype ${_meson_buildtype} \
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
index b5002ef25a9f88f..de2e498af94fa82 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ termux_step_setup_variables() {
 	TERMUX_PKG_PYTHON_COMMON_DEPS="" # python modules to be installed via pip3 or build-pip
 	TERMUX_PYTHON_CROSSENV_PREFIX="$TERMUX_TOPDIR/python-crossenv-prefix-$TERMUX_ARCH" # python modules dependency location (only used in non-devices)
 	TERMUX_PYTHON_HOME=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION} # location of python libraries
+	TERMUX_PKG_MESON_NATIVE=false
 
 	unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS CXXFLAGS
 	unset TERMUX_MESON_ENABLE_SOVERSION # setenv to enable SOVERSION suffix for shared libs built with Meson