--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1845,6 +1845,7 @@ if test "$skip_meson" = no; then
 
   echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $cross
   echo "[properties]" >> $cross
+  echo "needs_exe_wrapper = true" >> $cross
 
   # unroll any custom device configs
   for a in $device_archs; do