diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake
index 5bb34089c1..499d488252 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake
@@ -54,13 +54,20 @@ function(vcpkg_internal_meson_generate_native_file _additional_binaries) #https:
     foreach(prog IN LISTS compiler)
         if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER)
             string(REPLACE "CXX" "CPP" mesonprog "${prog}")
+            string(REPLACE "RC" "windres" mesonprog "${mesonprog}") # https://mesonbuild.com/Windows-module.html
             string(TOLOWER "${mesonprog}" proglower)
             string(APPEND NATIVE "${proglower} = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER}'\n")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER AND VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
-        string(APPEND NATIVE "c_ld = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}'\n")
-        string(APPEND NATIVE "cpp_ld = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}'\n")
+        if (NOT VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(GNU|Intel)$") # for gcc and icc the linker flag -fuse-ld is used. See https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/8647#issuecomment-878673456
+            string(APPEND NATIVE "c_ld = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}'\n")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER AND VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+        if (NOT VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(GNU|Intel)$") # for gcc and icc the linker flag -fuse-ld is used. See https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/8647#issuecomment-878673456
+            string(APPEND NATIVE "cpp_ld = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}'\n")
+        endif()
     endif()
     string(APPEND NATIVE "cmake = '${CMAKE_COMMAND}'\n")
     foreach(_binary IN LISTS ${_additional_binaries})
@@ -79,12 +86,14 @@ function(vcpkg_internal_meson_generate_native_file _additional_binaries) #https:
         string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.lib " ".lib;" WIN_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES "${WIN_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES}")
         list(TRANSFORM WIN_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES APPEND "'")
         list(TRANSFORM WIN_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES PREPEND "'")
+        list(REMOVE_ITEM WIN_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES "''")
         list(JOIN WIN_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES ", " WIN_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES)
         string(APPEND NATIVE "c_winlibs = [${WIN_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES}]\n")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "( |^)(-|/)" ";\\2" WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES}")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.lib " ".lib;" WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES "${WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES}")
         list(TRANSFORM WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES APPEND "'")
         list(TRANSFORM WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES PREPEND "'")
+        list(REMOVE_ITEM WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES "''")
         list(JOIN WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES ", " WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES)
         string(APPEND NATIVE "cpp_winlibs = [${WIN_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES}]\n")
     endif()
@@ -121,11 +130,11 @@ function(vcpkg_internal_meson_generate_flags_properties_string _out_var _config)
     set(PATH_SUFFIX_DEBUG /debug)
     set(LIBPATH_${_config} "${L_FLAG}${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}${PATH_SUFFIX_${_config}}/lib")
     vcpkg_internal_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(MESON_CFLAGS_${_config} "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_${_config}}")
-    list(APPEND MESON_CFLAGS_${_config} "-I\"${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include\"")
+    list(APPEND MESON_CFLAGS_${_config} "-I${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include")
     vcpkg_internal_meson_convert_list_to_python_array(MESON_CFLAGS_${_config} ${MESON_CFLAGS_${_config}})
     string(APPEND ${_out_var} "c_args = ${MESON_CFLAGS_${_config}}\n")
     vcpkg_internal_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(MESON_CXXFLAGS_${_config} "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${_config}}")
-    list(APPEND MESON_CXXFLAGS_${_config} "-I\"${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include\"")
+    list(APPEND MESON_CXXFLAGS_${_config} "-I${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include")
     vcpkg_internal_meson_convert_list_to_python_array(MESON_CXXFLAGS_${_config} ${MESON_CXXFLAGS_${_config}})
     string(APPEND ${_out_var} "cpp_args = ${MESON_CXXFLAGS_${_config}}\n")
     if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "dynamic")
@@ -277,13 +286,20 @@ function(vcpkg_internal_meson_generate_cross_file _additional_binaries) #https:/
     foreach(prog IN LISTS compiler)
         if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER)
             string(REPLACE "CXX" "CPP" mesonprog "${prog}")
+            string(REPLACE "RC" "windres" mesonprog "${mesonprog}") # https://mesonbuild.com/Windows-module.html
             string(TOLOWER "${mesonprog}" proglower)
             string(APPEND CROSS "${proglower} = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER}'\n")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER AND VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
-        string(APPEND CROSS "c_ld = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}'\n")
-        string(APPEND CROSS "cpp_ld = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}'\n")
+        if (NOT VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(GNU|Intel)$") # for gcc and icc the linker flag -fuse-ld is used. See https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/8647#issuecomment-878673456
+            string(APPEND CROSS "c_ld = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}'\n")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER AND VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+        if (NOT VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(GNU|Intel)$") # for gcc and icc the linker flag -fuse-ld is used. See https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/8647#issuecomment-878673456
+            string(APPEND CROSS "cpp_ld = '${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}'\n")
+        endif()
     endif()
     foreach(_binary IN LISTS ${_additional_binaries})
         string(APPEND CROSS "${_binary}\n")
@@ -293,7 +309,7 @@ function(vcpkg_internal_meson_generate_cross_file _additional_binaries) #https:/
 
     string(APPEND CROSS "[host_machine]\n")
     string(APPEND CROSS "endian = 'little'\n")
-    if(NOT VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME)
+    if(NOT VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_MINGW)
         set(MESON_SYSTEM_NAME "windows")
     else()
         string(TOLOWER "${VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MESON_SYSTEM_NAME)
@@ -319,7 +335,7 @@ function(vcpkg_internal_meson_generate_cross_file _additional_binaries) #https:/
         string(APPEND CROSS "cpu = '${BUILD_CPU}'\n")
     endif()
 
-    if(NOT BUILD_CPU_FAM MATCHES "${HOST_CPU_FAM}" OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_ANDROID OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_IOS OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP)
+    if(NOT BUILD_CPU_FAM MATCHES "${HOST_CPU_FAM}" OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_ANDROID OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_IOS OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP OR (VCPKG_TARGET_IS_MINGW AND NOT WIN32))
         set(_file "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/meson-cross-${TARGET_TRIPLET}.log")
         set(VCPKG_MESON_CROSS_FILE "${_file}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         file(WRITE "${_file}" "${CROSS}")
diff --git a/scripts/get_cmake_vars/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/get_cmake_vars/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b2e1e561f..b6d5f0e415 100644
--- a/scripts/get_cmake_vars/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripts/get_cmake_vars/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ foreach(prog IN LISTS PROGLIST)
 endforeach()
 set(COMPILERS ${VCPKG_LANGUAGES} RC)
 foreach(prog IN LISTS COMPILERS)
-    list(APPEND VCPKG_DEFAULT_VARS_TO_CHECK CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER)
+    list(APPEND VCPKG_DEFAULT_VARS_TO_CHECK CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER_ID)
 endforeach()
 # Variables to check
 foreach(_lang IN LISTS VCPKG_LANGUAGES)