diff --git a/roles/archbuild/files/gitpkg b/roles/archbuild/files/gitpkg
index 349b9033fdd0e3c18c7308c4f8dfd251f6c28034..502ad3c29cd42d9fa5ea77a2895ec0088d735b43 100755
--- a/roles/archbuild/files/gitpkg
+++ b/roles/archbuild/files/gitpkg
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ if gitify
     when meson
       <<~END
         arch-meson #{localname} build
-        ninja -C build
+        meson compile -C build
       END
     end,