diff --git a/scipy/cppbuild.sh b/scipy/cppbuild.sh
index 9d4c7962565..06e07988eaa 100755
--- a/scipy/cppbuild.sh
+++ b/scipy/cppbuild.sh
@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ case $PLATFORM in
         export F77="$(ls -1 /usr/local/bin/gfortran-* | head -n 1)"
         export F90="$F77"
         export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/"
-        ATLAS=None FC="$F77" "$PYTHON_BIN_PATH" -m pip install . --prefix $INSTALL_PATH
+        ATLAS=None FC="$F77" "$PYTHON_BIN_PATH" -m pip install . --prefix $INSTALL_PATH --config-settings=builddir=mesonbuild || true
+        cat mesonbuild/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
+        otool -L mesonbuild/meson-private/sanitycheckf.exe
+        otool -l mesonbuild/meson-private/sanitycheckf.exe
+        mesonbuild/meson-private/sanitycheckf.exe || echo $?
         # need to add RPATH so it can find MKL in cache
         for f in $(find ../ -iname *.so); do install_name_tool -add_rpath @loader_path/../../../ -add_rpath @loader_path/../../../../ $f || true; done
         ;;