diff --git a/common/build-style/meson.sh b/common/build-style/meson.sh
index a7bd901e976..e983c5f42c2 100644
--- a/common/build-style/meson.sh
+++ b/common/build-style/meson.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	export AR="gcc-ar"
 
 	# unbuffered output for continuous logging
-	PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ${meson_cmd} \
+	PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ${meson_cmd} setup \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--libdir=/usr/lib${XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE} \
 		--libexecdir=/usr/libexec \