diff --git a/recipes/dev/gdk-pixbuf/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/gdk-pixbuf/recipe.toml
index afa8bff2..7ae9aa5c 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/gdk-pixbuf/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/gdk-pixbuf/recipe.toml
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "shared-mime-info",
     "zlib",
 ]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-cookbook_meson \
-    -Dbuiltin_loaders=all \
-    -Dgir=false \
-    -Dinstalled_tests=false \
-    -Dx11=false
-"""
+template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dbuiltin_loaders=all",
+    "-Dgir=false",
+    "-Dinstalled_tests=false",
+    "-Dx11=false",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/emulators/mgba/recipe.toml b/recipes/emulators/mgba/recipe.toml
index 5a4d65ae..b61b7bd0 100644
--- a/recipes/emulators/mgba/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/emulators/mgba/recipe.toml
@@ -4,24 +4,15 @@ blake3 = "a1b9e797a5058f5264d276805aef5643b7ea460916e491a0098ba32d87f1519e"
 patches = ["redox.patch"]
 
 [build]
-dependencies = [
-    "libiconv",
-    "liborbital",
-    "libpng",
-    "pixman",
-    "sdl1",
-    "zlib",
+dependencies = ["libiconv", "liborbital", "libpng", "pixman", "sdl1", "zlib"]
+template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DBUILD_QT=OFF",
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED=ON",
+    "-DBUILD_STATIC=OFF",
+    "-DUSE_SQLITE3=OFF",
+    "-DUSE_DEBUGGERS=OFF",
+    "-DBUILD_SDL=ON",
+    "-DSDL_VERSION=1.2",
+    "-DSDL_LIBRARY=-lSDL -lorbital",
 ]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-cookbook_cmake \
-    -DBUILD_QT=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_SHARED=ON \
-    -DBUILD_STATIC=OFF \
-    -DUSE_SQLITE3=OFF \
-    -DUSE_DEBUGGERS=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_SDL=ON \
-    -DSDL_VERSION="1.2" \
-    -DSDL_LIBRARY="-lSDL -lorbital"
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/net/download/wget/recipe.toml b/recipes/net/download/wget/recipe.toml
index dd4f52e6..fb2d6ab4 100644
--- a/recipes/net/download/wget/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/net/download/wget/recipe.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.21.4.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "openssl1",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
-    --with-ssl=openssl
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
+template = "configure"
+configureflags = [
+    "--with-ssl=openssl"
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/download/youtube-tui/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/download/youtube-tui/recipe.toml
index 83406f0e..5306f25d 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/net/download/youtube-tui/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/download/youtube-tui/recipe.toml
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Siriusmart/youtube-tui"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cargo"
+cargoflags = "--no-default-features"
 dependencies = [
     "openssl1",
 ]
-script = """
-cookbook_cargo --no-default-features
-"""
diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index 4002f712..6d37332d 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -1014,6 +1014,17 @@ do
 done
 "#;
 
+        let flags_fn = |name, flags: &Vec<String>| {
+            format!(
+                "{name}+=(\n{}\n)\n",
+                flags
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|s| format!("  \"{s}\""))
+                    .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+                    .join("\n")
+            )
+        };
+
         //TODO: better integration with redoxer (library instead of binary)
         //TODO: configurable target
         //TODO: Add more configurability, convert scripts to Rust?
@@ -1027,7 +1038,18 @@ done
                     package_path.as_deref().unwrap_or(".")
                 )
             }
-            BuildKind::Configure => "cookbook_configure".to_owned(),
+            BuildKind::Configure { configureflags } => format!(
+                "DYNAMIC_INIT\n{}cookbook_configure",
+                flags_fn("COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS", configureflags),
+            ),
+            BuildKind::Cmake { cmakeflags } => format!(
+                "DYNAMIC_INIT\n{}cookbook_cmake",
+                flags_fn("COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS", cmakeflags),
+            ),
+            BuildKind::Meson { mesonflags } => format!(
+                "DYNAMIC_INIT\n{}cookbook_meson",
+                flags_fn("COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS", mesonflags),
+            ),
             BuildKind::Custom { script } => script.clone(),
             BuildKind::None => "".to_owned(),
         };
diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 4341551d..e6252811 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -71,13 +71,27 @@ pub enum BuildKind {
     Cargo {
         #[serde(default)]
         package_path: Option<String>,
-
         #[serde(default)]
         cargoflags: String,
     },
     /// Will build and install using configure and make
     #[serde(rename = "configure")]
-    Configure,
+    Configure {
+        #[serde(default)]
+        configureflags: Vec<String>,
+    },
+    /// Will build and install using cmake
+    #[serde(rename = "cmake")]
+    Cmake {
+        #[serde(default)]
+        cmakeflags: Vec<String>,
+    },
+    /// Will build and install using meson
+    #[serde(rename = "meson")]
+    Meson {
+        #[serde(default)]
+        mesonflags: Vec<String>,
+    },
     /// Will build and install using custom commands
     #[serde(rename = "custom")]
     Custom { script: String },