diff --git a/recipes/meson/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/meson/all/conanfile.py
index 788b38338e98b..1f193b4c68fed 100644
--- a/recipes/meson/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/meson/all/conanfile.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import textwrap
 
 from conan import ConanFile, conan_version
-from conan.tools.files import copy, get, rmdir, save
+from conan.tools.files import copy, get, rmdir, save, replace_in_file
 from conan.tools.layout import basic_layout
 from conan.tools.scm import Version
 
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ def package(self):
             exec "$meson_dir/meson.py" "$@"
         """))
 
+    def finalize(self):
+        copy(self, "*", src=self.immutable_package_folder, dst=self.package_folder)
+        replace_in_file(self, os.path.join(self.package_folder, "bin", "meson.cmd"),
+                        "set PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1",
+                        "")
+
+        replace_in_file(self, os.path.join(self.package_folder, "bin", "meson"),
+                        "export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1",
+                        "")
+
     @staticmethod
     def _chmod_plus_x(filename):
         if os.name == "posix":