diff --git a/package/meson/meson.mk b/package/meson/meson.mk
index 29c7ed1800..845ce8fb71 100644
--- a/package/meson/meson.mk
+++ b/package/meson/meson.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MESON_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 HOST_MESON_DEPENDENCIES = host-ninja
 HOST_MESON_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON = python3
 
-HOST_MESON_TARGET_ENDIAN = $(call LOWERCASE,$(BR2_ENDIAN))
+HOST_MESON_TARGET_ENDIAN = $(call qstrip,$(call LOWERCASE,$(BR2_ENDIAN)))
 HOST_MESON_TARGET_CPU = $(GCC_TARGET_CPU)
 
 # https://mesonbuild.com/Reference-tables.html#cpu-families
diff --git a/package/pkg-meson.mk b/package/pkg-meson.mk
index 416129f6fe..a0b467caba 100644
--- a/package/pkg-meson.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-meson.mk
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	mkdir -p $$($$(PKG)_SRCDIR)/build
 	sed -e 's%@TARGET_CROSS@%$$(TARGET_CROSS)%g' \
 	    -e 's%@TARGET_ARCH@%$$(HOST_MESON_TARGET_CPU_FAMILY)%g' \
-	    -e 's%@TARGET_CPU@%$$(GCC_TARGET_CPU)%g' \
-	    -e 's%@TARGET_ENDIAN@%$$(call LOWERCASE,$$(BR2_ENDIAN))%g' \
+	    -e 's%@TARGET_CPU@%$$(HOST_MESON_TARGET_CPU)%g' \
+	    -e 's%@TARGET_ENDIAN@%$$(HOST_MESON_TARGET_ENDIAN)%g' \
 	    -e 's%@TARGET_CFLAGS@%$$(call make-comma-list,$$($(2)_CFLAGS))%g' \
 	    -e 's%@TARGET_LDFLAGS@%$$(call make-comma-list,$$($(2)_LDFLAGS))%g' \
 	    -e 's%@TARGET_CXXFLAGS@%$$(call make-comma-list,$$($(2)_CXXFLAGS))%g' \