diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 68aa4138a6..c95b9a3bdb 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -1373,6 +1373,11 @@ class Formula
     ["--jobs=#{ENV.make_jobs}", "--max-backjumps=100000", "--install-method=copy", "--installdir=#{bin}"]
   end
 
+  # Standard parameters for meson builds.
+  def std_meson_args
+    ["--prefix=#{prefix}", "--libdir=#{lib}"]
+  end
+
   # an array of all core {Formula} names
   # @private
   def self.core_names
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
index 11d3249b2a..caa1d81891 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_creator.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ module Homebrew
             system "go", "build", *std_go_args
         <% elsif mode == :meson %>
             mkdir "build" do
-              system "meson", "--prefix=\#{prefix}", ".."
+              system "meson", *std_meson_args, ".."
               system "ninja", "-v"
               system "ninja", "install", "-v"
             end