1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-setup.py b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-setup.py
index 808e2a062f..7ac4e3ad47 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-setup.py
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-setup.py
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ class Template(string.Template):
 class Environ():
     def __getitem__(self, name):
         val = os.environ[name]
-        val = ["'%s'" % x for x in val.split()]
-        val = ', '.join(val)
-        val = '[%s]' % val
+        val = val.split()
+        if len(val) > 1:
+            val = ["'%s'" % x for x in val]
+            val = ', '.join(val)
+            val = '[%s]' % val
+        elif val:
+            val = "'%s'" % val.pop()
         return val
 
 try: