diff --git a/host/include/generic/host/cpuinfo.h b/host/include/generic/host/cpuinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eca672064a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/include/generic/host/cpuinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/*
+ * No host specific cpu indentification.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0a5cdefd4d..c516b911d9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -512,6 +512,16 @@ add_project_arguments('-iquote', '.',
                       '-iquote', meson.current_source_dir() / 'include',
                       language: all_languages)
 
+# If a host-specific include directory exists, list that first...
+host_include = meson.current_source_dir() / 'host/include/'
+if fs.is_dir(host_include / host_arch)
+  add_project_arguments('-iquote', host_include / host_arch,
+                        language: all_languages)
+endif
+# ... followed by the generic fallback.
+add_project_arguments('-iquote', host_include / 'generic',
+                      language: all_languages)
+
 sparse = find_program('cgcc', required: get_option('sparse'))
 if sparse.found()
   run_target('sparse',