diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2ece4fe088..93a5e50a16 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1547,8 +1547,6 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_INOTIFY',
                      cc.has_header_symbol('sys/inotify.h', 'inotify_init'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_INOTIFY1',
                      cc.has_header_symbol('sys/inotify.h', 'inotify_init1'))
-config_host_data.set('CONFIG_IOVEC',
-                     cc.has_header_symbol('sys/uio.h', 'struct iovec'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_MACHINE_BSWAP_H',
                      cc.has_header_symbol('machine/bswap.h', 'bswap32',
                                           prefix: '''#include <sys/endian.h>
@@ -1561,8 +1559,6 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SYSMACROS',
                      cc.has_header_symbol('sys/sysmacros.h', 'makedev'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_OPTRESET',
                      cc.has_header_symbol('getopt.h', 'optreset'))
-config_host_data.set('HAVE_UTMPX',
-                     cc.has_header_symbol('utmpx.h', 'struct utmpx'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_IPPROTO_MPTCP',
                      cc.has_header_symbol('netinet/in.h', 'IPPROTO_MPTCP'))
 
@@ -1574,6 +1570,14 @@ config_host_data.set('HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_ATIM',
                      cc.has_member('struct stat', 'st_atim',
                                    prefix: '#include <sys/stat.h>'))
 
+# has_type
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_IOVEC',
+                     cc.has_type('struct iovec',
+                                 prefix: '#include <sys/uio.h>'))
+config_host_data.set('HAVE_UTMPX',
+                     cc.has_type('struct utmpx',
+                                 prefix: '#include <utmpx.h>'))
+
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_EVENTFD', cc.links('''
   #include <sys/eventfd.h>
   int main(void) { return eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC); }'''))
@@ -1615,7 +1619,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_POSIX_MADVISE', cc.links(gnu_source_prefix + '''
   #include <stddef.h>
   int main(void) { return posix_madvise(NULL, 0, POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED); }'''))
 
-config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_W_TID', cc.links('''
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_W_TID', cc.links(gnu_source_prefix + '''
   #include <pthread.h>
 
   static void *f(void *p) { return NULL; }
@@ -1626,7 +1630,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_W_TID', cc.links('''
     pthread_setname_np(thread, "QEMU");
     return 0;
   }''', dependencies: threads))
-config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_WO_TID', cc.links('''
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_WO_TID', cc.links(gnu_source_prefix + '''
   #include <pthread.h>
 
   static void *f(void *p) { pthread_setname_np("QEMU"); return NULL; }
@@ -1662,8 +1666,10 @@ config_host_data.set('HAVE_MLOCKALL', cc.links(gnu_source_prefix + '''
 
 have_l2tpv3 = false
 if not get_option('l2tpv3').disabled() and have_system
-  have_l2tpv3 = (cc.has_header_symbol('sys/socket.h', 'struct mmsghdr')
-                 and cc.has_header('linux/ip.h'))
+  have_l2tpv3 = cc.has_type('struct mmsghdr',
+    prefix: gnu_source_prefix + '''
+      #include <sys/socket.h>
+      #include <linux/ip.h>''')
 endif
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_L2TPV3', have_l2tpv3)
 
@@ -1689,7 +1695,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_NETMAP', have_netmap)
 # xfs headers will not try to redefine structs from linux headers
 # if this macro is set.
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_FSXATTR', cc.links('''
-  #include <linux/fs.h>'
+  #include <linux/fs.h>
   struct fsxattr foo;
   int main(void) {
     return 0;