diff --git a/Mk/Uses/meson.mk b/Mk/Uses/meson.mk
index ed09a9cee806..d59956440ad6 100644
--- a/Mk/Uses/meson.mk
+++ b/Mk/Uses/meson.mk
@@ -1,85 +1,107 @@
 # Provide support for Meson based projects
 #
 # Feature:		meson
 # Usage:		USES=meson
+# Valid ARGS:		muon
+#
+# muon			use muon instead of meson, intended for bootstrapping
+#			dependencies that python uses
 #
 # The following files are bundled in source tar files.
 # meson.build		- Instructions for meson like autoconf configure,
 #			there is no changeable parts in the file.
 # meson_options.txt	- All the options meson understands
 #
 # Variables for ports:
 # MESON_ARGS		- Arguments passed to meson
 #			format: -Denable_foo=true
 # MESON_BUILD_DIR	- Path to the build directory relative to ${WRKSRC}
 #			Default: _build
 #
 # MAINTAINER: desktop@FreeBSD.org
 
 .if !defined(_INCLUDE_USES_MESON_MK)
 _INCLUDE_USES_MESON_MK=	yes
 
+_valid_ARGS=		muon
+
 # Sanity check
-.  if !empty(meson_ARGS)
-IGNORE=	Incorrect 'USES+= meson:${meson_ARGS}'. meson takes no arguments
+.  for _arg in ${meson_ARGS}
+.    if empty(_valid_ARGS:M${_arg})
+IGNORE=	'USES+= meson:${meson_ARGS}' usage: argument [${_arg}] is not recognized
+.    endif
+.  endfor
+
+.  if !empty(meson_ARGS:Mmuon)
+BUILD_DEPENDS+=	muon:devel/muon
+.  else
+BUILD_DEPENDS+=	meson:devel/meson
 .  endif
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS+=		meson:devel/meson
-
 # meson uses ninja
 .include "${USESDIR}/ninja.mk"
 
 # meson might have issues with non-unicode locales
 USE_LOCALE?=	en_US.UTF-8
 
+# Enable muon's meson compatibility mode
+.  if !empty(meson_ARGS:Mmuon)
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	meson
+.  endif
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--prefix ${PREFIX} \
 			--localstatedir /var \
 			--infodir ${INFO_PATH}
 
 # Enable all optional features to make builds deterministic. Consumers can
 # expose those as port OPTIONS_* or explicitly pass -D<option>=disabled
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--auto-features=enabled
 
 # Temporarily disable bytecode due to embedding STAGEDIR
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	-Dpython.bytecompile=-1
 
 # Disable color output.  Meson forces it on by default, Ninja
 # strips it before it goes to the log, but Samurai does not, so we
 # might end up with ANSI escape sequences in the logs.
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	-Db_colorout=never
 
 # meson has it own strip mechanic
 INSTALL_TARGET=		install
 
 # should we have strip separate from WITH_DEBUG?
 .  if defined(WITH_DEBUG)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--buildtype debug
 .  elif defined(WITH_DEBUGINFO)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--buildtype debugoptimized
 .  else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--buildtype release \
 			--optimization plain \
 			--strip
 .  endif
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=		yes
+.  if !empty(meson_ARGS:Mmuon)
+CONFIGURE_CMD=		muon
+.  else
 CONFIGURE_CMD=		meson
+.  endif
+
 # Pull in manual set settings and from options
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	${MESON_ARGS}
 
 BUILD_WRKSRC=		${WRKSRC}/${MESON_BUILD_DIR}
 
 INSTALL_WRKSRC=		${WRKSRC}/${MESON_BUILD_DIR}
 
 TEST_ENV+=		MESON_TESTTHREADS=${MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER}
 TEST_WRKSRC=		${WRKSRC}/${MESON_BUILD_DIR}
 TEST_TARGET=		test
 
 MESON_BUILD_DIR?=	_build
 
 CONFIGURE_LOG=		${MESON_BUILD_DIR}/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
 
 # Add meson build dir at the end.
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	${MESON_BUILD_DIR}
 
 .endif #!defined(_INCLUDE_USES_MESON_MK)