diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index ecc84d476b..9ad285b230 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ setup_toolchain() {
   export MAKEFLAGS
 
   case "$1:$2" in
-    target:meson)
+    target:meson|init:meson)
       export DESTIMAGE="target"
       export AWK="gawk"
       export CC="$TOOLCHAIN/bin/host-gcc"