diff --git a/mock/c7.2009.00.aarch64.cfg b/mock/c7.2009.00.aarch64.cfg
index 57d582b..35b8e31 100644
--- a/mock/c7.2009.00.aarch64.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.2009.00.aarch64.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'aarch64'
 config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('aarch64',)
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils centos-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
+config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils centos-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz meson'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 
 config_opts['%centos_ver'] = "7"
diff --git a/mock/c7.2009.00.armhfp.cfg b/mock/c7.2009.00.armhfp.cfg
index 1e9fa1d..8f5688e 100644
--- a/mock/c7.2009.00.armhfp.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.2009.00.armhfp.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'armv7hl'
 config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('armv7l')
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
+config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz meson'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 config_opts['extra_chroot_dirs'] = [ '/run/lock', ]
 config_opts['macros']['%dist'] = ".el7"
diff --git a/mock/c7.2009.00.i686.cfg b/mock/c7.2009.00.i686.cfg
index 8751da9..161fd8b 100644
--- a/mock/c7.2009.00.i686.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.2009.00.i686.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'i686'
 config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('i386', 'i486', 'i586', 'i686', 'x86_64',)
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
+config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz meson'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 
 config_opts['%centos_ver'] = "7"
diff --git a/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc.cfg b/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc.cfg
index 7718595..edfd001 100644
--- a/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['basedir'] = '/var/lib/mock'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'ppc'
 config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('ppc','ppc64',)
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux vim-minimal which xz'
+config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux vim-minimal which xz meson'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 
 config_opts['%centos_ver'] = "7"
diff --git a/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc64.cfg b/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc64.cfg
index 0fbe211..8846125 100644
--- a/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc64.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc64.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['basedir'] = '/var/lib/mock'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'ppc64'
 config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('ppc64', 'noarch')
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux vim-minimal which xz'
+config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux vim-minimal which xz meson'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 
 config_opts['%centos_ver'] = "7"
diff --git a/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc64le.cfg b/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc64le.cfg
index abfea1e..a555889 100644
--- a/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc64le.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.2009.00.ppc64le.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['basedir'] = '/var/lib/mock'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'ppc64le'
 config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('ppc64le', 'noarch')
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux vim-minimal which xz'
+config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux vim-minimal which xz meson'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 
 config_opts['%centos_ver'] = "7"
diff --git a/mock/c7.2009.00.x86_64.cfg b/mock/c7.2009.00.x86_64.cfg
index ba5995e..7d10624 100644
--- a/mock/c7.2009.00.x86_64.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7.2009.00.x86_64.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
 config_opts['target_arch'] = 'x86_64'
 config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('x86_64','noarch',)
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
+config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz meson'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
 
 config_opts['%centos_ver'] = "7"