diff --git a/recipes/wip/video/editors/pitivi/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/video/editors/pitivi/recipe.toml
index 35bbf8a59..0f6ac0d1d 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/video/editors/pitivi/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/video/editors/pitivi/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, lacking build instructions
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# lacking build instructions
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/pitivi/2023/pitivi-2023.03.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "gtk3",
     "gstreamer",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/video/webcam/cheese/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/video/webcam/cheese/recipe.toml
index 8866dea1d..dd758e265 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/video/webcam/cheese/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/video/webcam/cheese/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cheese
-#TODO maybe need GStreamer as dependency
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# lacking build instructions: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cheese/-/blob/master/meson.build
+# missing dependencies
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/cheese/44/cheese-44.1.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dgtk_doc=false"
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "gtk3",
+    "glib",
+    "gdk-pixbuf",
+    "gstreamer",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/vm/libvirt/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/vm/libvirt/recipe.toml
index c05469145..c544bea8a 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/vm/libvirt/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/vm/libvirt/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#TODO missing script for meson
-# build instructions - https://libvirt.org/compiling.html#configuring-the-project
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://libvirt.org/compiling.html#configuring-the-project
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.libvirt.org/libvirt-10.7.0.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/wayland/sway/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/wayland/sway/recipe.toml
index bbfaf68dd..7107dc3dd 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/wayland/sway/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/wayland/sway/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://github.com/swaywm/sway#compiling-from-source
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/swaywm/sway#compiling-from-source
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/download/1.8.1/sway-1.8.1.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "wlroots",
     "libwayland",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/wayland/wayland-utils/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/wayland/wayland-utils/recipe.toml
index bcfeb935e..fa94decf0 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/wayland/wayland-utils/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/wayland/wayland-utils/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-utils#building
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-utils#building
 [source]
 tar = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-utils/-/releases/1.2.0/downloads/wayland-utils-1.2.0.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/wayland/wlroots/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/wayland/wlroots/recipe.toml
index e52475e5b..ba65fb026 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/wayland/wlroots/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/wayland/wlroots/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots#building
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots#building
 [source]
 tar = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/releases/0.17.0/downloads/wlroots-0.17.0.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "libwayland",
     "libxcb",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/wayland/xwayland/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/wayland/xwayland/recipe.toml
index d7ed31b66..af1cf4223 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/wayland/xwayland/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/wayland/xwayland/recipe.toml
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ mesonflags = [
     "-Dglamor=false",
     "-Dglx=false",
     "-Dsecure-rpc=false",
-    "-Dmitshm=false"
+    "-Dmitshm=false",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/libglvnd/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/libglvnd/recipe.toml
index c2ac4a82f..46ca86c6e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/x11/libglvnd/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/libglvnd/recipe.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,4 @@ dependencies = [
     "libxext",
     "x11proto",
 ]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-cookbook_meson
-"""
+template = "meson"