diff --git a/build-aux/meson/scout.txt b/build-aux/meson/scout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf935d84a7d86ceebcfe8f080b2f8df25c8477f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-aux/meson/scout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Collabora Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+[binaries]
+c = '/usr/bin/gcc-4.8'
+cpp = '/usr/bin/g++-4.8'
diff --git a/sysroot/scout-builds.py b/sysroot/scout-builds.py
index c763acc4f84942e02604485790e11713e23db42b..1278b71f7c3a9b4b46ef31c89bcf8e34de3a5b28 100755
--- a/sysroot/scout-builds.py
+++ b/sysroot/scout-builds.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def setup(args):
         [
             'meson',
         ] + common_options + [
+            '--native-file=build-aux/meson/scout.txt',
             os.path.join(args.abs_builddir_parent, 'scout-x86_64')
         ] + list(args.args),
         cwd=args.abs_srcdir,