diff --git a/ext/modplug/meson.build b/ext/modplug/meson.build
index 9e99d89c56..659c291a14 100644
--- a/ext/modplug/meson.build
+++ b/ext/modplug/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if not add_languages('cpp', required: get_option('modplug'))
+if not add_languages('cpp', native: false, required: get_option('modplug'))
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
diff --git a/ext/openni2/meson.build b/ext/openni2/meson.build
index f14d28c5ab..8b918768da 100644
--- a/ext/openni2/meson.build
+++ b/ext/openni2/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if not add_languages('cpp', required: get_option('openni2'))
+if not add_languages('cpp', native: false, required: get_option('openni2'))
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fced765407..570f651ad7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ plugins = []
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 
-have_objc = add_languages('objc', required : false)
+have_objc = add_languages('objc', native: false, required: false)
 
 cdata = configuration_data()
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ if ['darwin', 'ios'].contains(host_system)
 #    cdata.set('HAVE_VIDEOTOOLBOX_10_9_6', 1)
 #  endif
 endif
-have_objcpp = add_languages('objcpp', required : false)
+have_objcpp = add_languages('objcpp', native: false, required: false)
 
 have_orcc = false
 orcc_args = []