diff --git a/templates/meson.build b/templates/meson.build
index 2ee275c4a..14edb4e4c 100644
--- a/templates/meson.build
+++ b/templates/meson.build
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 template_scripts = configure_file(
     configuration: dummy_config_data,
     input: 'lxc-busybox.in',
-    output: 'lxc-busybox')
-install_data(join_paths(project_build_root, 'templates/lxc-busybox'), install_dir: lxctemplatedir)
+    output: 'lxc-busybox',
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: lxctemplatedir)
 
 template_config_data = configuration_data()
 template_config_data.set_quoted('LXCHOOKDIR', lxchookdir)
@@ -15,17 +16,20 @@ template_config_data.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 template_scripts = configure_file(
     configuration: template_config_data,
     input: 'lxc-download.in',
-    output: 'lxc-download')
-install_data(join_paths(project_build_root, 'templates/lxc-download'), install_dir: lxchookdir)
+    output: 'lxc-download',
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: lxctemplatedir)
 
 template_scripts = configure_file(
     configuration: template_config_data,
     input: 'lxc-local.in',
-    output: 'lxc-local')
-install_data(join_paths(project_build_root, 'templates/lxc-local'), install_dir: lxchookdir)
+    output: 'lxc-local',
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: lxctemplatedir)
 
 template_scripts = configure_file(
     configuration: template_config_data,
     input: 'lxc-oci.in',
-    output: 'lxc-oci')
-install_data(join_paths(project_build_root, 'templates/lxc-oci'), install_dir: lxchookdir)
+    output: 'lxc-oci',
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: lxctemplatedir)