diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-meson.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-meson.txt
index 8e2d448788..e84bf7f60a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-meson.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-meson.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ will therefore only use a few of them.
   +cross-compile.conf+ file +c_link_args+ and +cpp_link_args+ properties. By
   default, the value of +TARGET_LDFLAGS+.
 
+* +FOO_MESON_EXTRA_BINARIES+, to specify a space-separated list of programs
+  to add to the `[binaries]` section of the meson `cross-compilation.conf`
+  configuration file. The format is `program-name='/path/to/program'`, with
+  no space around the +=+ sign, and with the path of the program between
+  single quotes. By default, empty. Note that Buildroot already sets the
+  correct values for +c+, +cpp+, +ar+, +strip+, and +pkgconfig+.
+
 * +FOO_NINJA_ENV+, to specify additional environment variables to pass to
   +ninja+, meson companion tool in charge of the build operations. By default,
   empty.
diff --git a/package/pkg-meson.mk b/package/pkg-meson.mk
index 0b811d1cc0..f5c7b8ced3 100644
--- a/package/pkg-meson.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-meson.mk
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	    -e "s%@TARGET_LDFLAGS@%$$($(2)_MESON_SED_LDFLAGS)%g" \
 	    -e "s%@TARGET_CXXFLAGS@%$$($(2)_MESON_SED_CXXFLAGS)%g" \
 	    -e "s%@HOST_DIR@%$$(HOST_DIR)%g" \
+	    $$(foreach x,$$($(2)_MESON_EXTRA_BINARIES), \
+	        -e "/\(\[binaries\]\)/s:$$$$:\n$$(x):" \
+	    ) \
 	    package/meson/cross-compilation.conf.in \
 	    > $$($$(PKG)_SRCDIR)/build/cross-compilation.conf
 	PATH=$$(BR_PATH) $$($$(PKG)_CONF_ENV) $$(MESON) \