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+{ stdenv, lib }:
+
+let
+  inherit (lib) boolToString optionals;
+
+  # See https://mesonbuild.com/Reference-tables.html#cpu-families
+  cpuFamily = platform: with platform;
+    /**/ if isAarch32 then "arm"
+    else if isx86_32  then "x86"
+    else platform.uname.processor;
+
+  makeMesonFlags = { mesonFlags ? [], ... }:
+    let
+      crossFile = builtins.toFile "cross-file.conf" ''
+        [properties]
+        bindgen_clang_arguments = ['-target', '${stdenv.targetPlatform.config}']
+        needs_exe_wrapper = ${boolToString (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform)}
+
+        [host_machine]
+        system = '${stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.kernel.name}'
+        cpu_family = '${cpuFamily stdenv.targetPlatform}'
+        cpu = '${stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.cpu.name}'
+        endian = ${if stdenv.targetPlatform.isLittleEndian then "'little'" else "'big'"}
+
+        [binaries]
+        llvm-config = 'llvm-config-native'
+        rust = ['rustc', '--target', '${stdenv.targetPlatform.rust.rustcTargetSpec}']
+      '';
+      crossFlags = optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [ "--cross-file=${crossFile}" ];
+    in crossFlags ++ mesonFlags;
+
+in
+{
+  inherit makeMesonFlags;
+}