diff --git a/package/meson/meson.mk b/package/meson/meson.mk
index a05969c836..764c187ee7 100644
--- a/package/meson/meson.mk
+++ b/package/meson/meson.mk
@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@ HOST_MESON_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON = python3
 HOST_MESON_TARGET_ENDIAN = $(call LOWERCASE,$(BR2_ENDIAN))
 HOST_MESON_TARGET_CPU = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU))
 
+HOST_MESON_SED_CFLAGS = $(if $(TARGET_CFLAGS),`printf '"%s"$(comma) ' $(TARGET_CFLAGS)`)
+HOST_MESON_SED_LDFLAGS = $(if $(TARGET_LDFLAGS),`printf '"%s"$(comma) ' $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)`)
+HOST_MESON_SED_CXXFLAGS = $(if $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS),`printf '"%s"$(comma) ' $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)`)
+
 define HOST_MESON_INSTALL_CROSS_CONF
 	mkdir -p $(HOST_DIR)/etc/meson
 	sed -e "s%@TARGET_CROSS@%$(TARGET_CROSS)%g" \
 	    -e "s%@TARGET_ARCH@%$(ARCH)%g" \
 	    -e "s%@TARGET_CPU@%$(HOST_MESON_TARGET_CPU)%g" \
 	    -e "s%@TARGET_ENDIAN@%$(HOST_MESON_TARGET_ENDIAN)%g" \
-	    -e "s%@TARGET_CFLAGS@%`printf '"%s", ' $(TARGET_CFLAGS)`%g" \
-	    -e "s%@TARGET_LDFLAGS@%`printf '"%s", ' $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)`%g" \
-	    -e "s%@TARGET_CXXFLAGS@%`printf '"%s", ' $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)`%g" \
+	    -e "s%@TARGET_CFLAGS@%$(HOST_MESON_SED_CFLAGS)%g" \
+	    -e "s%@TARGET_LDFLAGS@%$(HOST_MESON_SED_LDFLAGS)%g" \
+	    -e "s%@TARGET_CXXFLAGS@%$(HOST_MESON_SED_CXXFLAGS)%g" \
 	    -e "s%@HOST_DIR@%$(HOST_DIR)%g" \
 	    $(HOST_MESON_PKGDIR)/cross-compilation.conf.in \
 	    > $(HOST_DIR)/etc/meson/cross-compilation.conf