diff --git a/package/meson/0002-mesonbuild-dependencies-base.py-add-pkg_config_stati.patch b/package/meson/0002-mesonbuild-dependencies-base.py-add-pkg_config_stati.patch
index 8e15d3210c..8b95dc7592 100644
--- a/package/meson/0002-mesonbuild-dependencies-base.py-add-pkg_config_stati.patch
+++ b/package/meson/0002-mesonbuild-dependencies-base.py-add-pkg_config_stati.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 3d6a2db2270346236dd6247e0648ea0c949ba468 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 59934e2116e025ecfe23baf6febc4a0eb85f60cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
 Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 15:13:59 +0100
 Subject: [PATCH] mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py: add pkg_config_static
@@ -20,24 +20,26 @@ Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
 Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
 [Rebased on 0.57.1]
 Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
+[rebased on 1.3.0]
+Signed-off-by: Antoine Coutant <antoine.coutant@smile.fr>
 ---
- mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py
-index 1e8d9132e..d902ba215 100644
+index e86206b88..94888657d 100644
 --- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py
 +++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py
-@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ class PkgConfigDependency(ExternalDependency):
-         env = None
-         libcmd = ['--libs']
- 
--        if self.static:
-+        if self.static or \
+@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ class PkgConfigCLI(PkgConfigInterface):
+             env['PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS'] = '1'
+         args: T.List[str] = []
+         args += self._define_variable_args(define_variable)
+-        if static:
++        if static or \
 +            (self.env.properties[self.for_machine].get('pkg_config_static', None) == 'true'):
-             libcmd.append('--static')
- 
-         libcmd.append(self.name)
--- 
+             args.append('--static')
+         args += ['--libs', name]
+         ret, out, err = self._call_pkgbin(args, env=env)
+--
 2.25.1
 
diff --git a/package/meson/meson.hash b/package/meson/meson.hash
index cb36b674fa..150fd6d1bb 100644
--- a/package/meson/meson.hash
+++ b/package/meson/meson.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/1.1.1/meson-1.1.1.tar.gz.asc
-sha256  d04b541f97ca439fb82fab7d0d480988be4bd4e62563a5ca35fadb5400727b1c  meson-1.1.1.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/1.3.1/meson-1.3.1.tar.gz.asc
+sha256  6020568bdede1643d4fb41e28215be38eff5d52da28ac7d125457c59e0032ad7  meson-1.3.1.tar.gz
 sha256  cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30  COPYING
diff --git a/package/meson/meson.mk b/package/meson/meson.mk
index 503aca8c25..467569d28b 100644
--- a/package/meson/meson.mk
+++ b/package/meson/meson.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MESON_VERSION = 1.1.1
+MESON_VERSION = 1.3.1
 MESON_SITE = https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/$(MESON_VERSION)
 MESON_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 MESON_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
diff --git a/support/misc/cross-compilation.conf.in b/support/misc/cross-compilation.conf.in
index 7053df472b..a58ab553d0 100644
--- a/support/misc/cross-compilation.conf.in
+++ b/support/misc/cross-compilation.conf.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ar = '@TARGET_AR@'
 strip = '@TARGET_STRIP@'
 cmake = '@BR2_CMAKE@'
 fortran = '@TARGET_FC@'
-pkgconfig = '@PKGCONF_HOST_BINARY@'
+pkg-config = '@PKGCONF_HOST_BINARY@'
 g-ir-compiler = '@STAGING_DIR@/usr/bin/g-ir-compiler'
 g-ir-scanner = '@STAGING_DIR@/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner'