diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2133c56ed..203191c80 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ more_deps = []
 if is_android
   subdir('src/java')
   target_type = 'shared_library'
+  target_name = 'mpd'
   link_args += [
     '-Wl,--no-undefined,-shared,-Bsymbolic',
     '-llog',
@@ -401,16 +402,18 @@ if is_android
   ]
 elif is_haiku
   target_type = 'executable'
+  target_name = 'mpd.nores'
   link_args += [
     '-lnetwork',
     '-lbe',
   ]
 else
   target_type = 'executable'
+  target_name = 'mpd'
 endif
 
 mpd = build_target(
-  'mpd',
+  target_name,
   sources,
   target_type: target_type,
   include_directories: inc,
@@ -449,6 +452,14 @@ endif
 
 if is_haiku
   subdir('src/haiku')
+  custom_target(
+    'mpd',
+    output: 'mpd',
+    input: [mpd, rsrc],
+    command: [addres, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT0@', '@INPUT1@'],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: get_option('bindir'),
+  )
 endif
 
 configure_file(output: 'config.h', configuration: conf)
diff --git a/src/haiku/add_resources.sh b/src/haiku/add_resources.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3303233f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/haiku/add_resources.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cp "$2" "$1" && xres -o "$1" -- "$3" && mimeset -f "$1" || (rm -f "$1"; exit 1)
diff --git a/src/haiku/meson.build b/src/haiku/meson.build
index 7fa0fc108..ff321d60e 100644
--- a/src/haiku/meson.build
+++ b/src/haiku/meson.build
@@ -8,11 +8,4 @@ rsrc = custom_target(
   command: [rc, '-o', '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'],
 )
 
-custom_target(
-  'mpd.xres',
-  output: 'mpd',
-  input: [mpd, rsrc],
-  command: [xres, '-o', '@OUTPUT@', '--', '@INPUT@'],
-  install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('bindir'),
-)
+addres = files('add_resources.sh')