diff --git a/local/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
index fa098fad6e..d458fe19d7 100644
--- a/local/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ ln -sf "$(command -v "${LLVM_CONFIG}")" .cookbook-tools/llvm-config
 if [ -x "/usr/bin/wayland-scanner" ]; then
     ln -sf "/usr/bin/wayland-scanner" .cookbook-tools/wayland-scanner
 fi
+# meson 26.1.4 resolves wayland-scanner from the TARGET wayland-scanner.pc, which
+# hardcodes ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/bin/wayland-scanner — but that is the Redox
+# (cross) binary and CANNOT execute on the Linux build host (ninja fails with
+# code=127 "cannot execute: required file not found"). The generated protocol C
+# is host/target-independent, so replace the sysroot copy with the runnable host
+# wayland-scanner. PATH/$WAYLAND_SCANNER overrides do not help because meson uses
+# the .pc's absolute path.
+if [ -x "/usr/bin/wayland-scanner" ] && [ -e "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/bin/wayland-scanner" ]; then
+    cp -f "/usr/bin/wayland-scanner" "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/bin/wayland-scanner"
+fi
 for tool in gcc-ar gcc-ranlib g++ gcc cpp c++; do
     src="$(command -v "${TARGET}-${tool}" 2>/dev/null)"
     if [ -n "$src" ]; then