diff --git a/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py b/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
index 5df73110b..1adc7523a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import time
 import platform, subprocess, operator, os, shlex, shutil, re
 import collections
 from enum import Enum
-from functools import lru_cache
+from functools import lru_cache, update_wrapper
 import typing
 import uuid
 
@@ -1496,6 +1496,19 @@ def get_wine_shortpath(winecmd, wine_paths):
 
     return wine_path.strip(';')
 
+def run_once(func):
+    ret = []
+
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        if ret:
+            return ret[0]
+
+        val = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        ret.append(val)
+        return val
+
+    return update_wrapper(wrapper, func)
+
 
 class OptionProxy:
     def __init__(self, value):
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
index 5c9d3dd29..bcf77b981 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ functionality such as gobject-introspection, gresources and gtk-doc'''
 import os
 import copy
 import subprocess
+import functools
 
 from .. import build
 from .. import mlog
@@ -41,31 +42,20 @@ from ..interpreterbase import noKwargs, permittedKwargs, FeatureNew, FeatureNewK
 gresource_dep_needed_version = '>= 2.51.1'
 
 native_glib_version = None
-girwarning_printed = False
-gdbuswarning_printed = False
-gresource_warning_printed = False
-_gir_has_option = {}
 
+@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
 def gir_has_option(intr_obj, option):
-    global _gir_has_option
-    if option in _gir_has_option:
-        return _gir_has_option[option]
-
-    _gir_has_option[option] = False
     try:
         g_ir_scanner = intr_obj.find_program_impl('g-ir-scanner')
         # Handle overriden g-ir-scanner
         if isinstance(getattr(g_ir_scanner, "held_object", g_ir_scanner), interpreter.OverrideProgram):
             assert option in ['--extra-library', '--sources-top-dirs']
-            _gir_has_option[option] = True
             return True
 
         opts = Popen_safe(g_ir_scanner.get_command() + ['--help'], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)[1]
-        _gir_has_option[option] = option in opts
+        return option in opts
     except (MesonException, FileNotFoundError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
-        pass
-
-    return _gir_has_option[option]
+        return False
 
 class GnomeModule(ExtensionModule):
     gir_dep = None
@@ -84,24 +74,20 @@ class GnomeModule(ExtensionModule):
                 native_glib_version = '2.54'
         return native_glib_version
 
+    @mesonlib.run_once
     def __print_gresources_warning(self, state):
-        global gresource_warning_printed
-        if not gresource_warning_printed:
-            if not mesonlib.version_compare(self._get_native_glib_version(state), gresource_dep_needed_version):
-                mlog.warning('GLib compiled dependencies do not work reliably with \n'
-                             'the current version of GLib. See the following upstream issue:',
-                             mlog.bold('https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774368'))
-            gresource_warning_printed = True
-        return []
+        if not mesonlib.version_compare(self._get_native_glib_version(state),
+                                        gresource_dep_needed_version):
+            mlog.warning('GLib compiled dependencies do not work reliably with \n'
+                         'the current version of GLib. See the following upstream issue:',
+                         mlog.bold('https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774368'))
 
     @staticmethod
+    @mesonlib.run_once
     def _print_gdbus_warning():
-        global gdbuswarning_printed
-        if not gdbuswarning_printed:
-            mlog.warning('Code generated with gdbus_codegen() requires the root directory be added to\n'
-                         '  include_directories of targets with GLib < 2.51.3:',
-                         mlog.bold('https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1387'))
-            gdbuswarning_printed = True
+        mlog.warning('Code generated with gdbus_codegen() requires the root directory be added to\n'
+                     '  include_directories of targets with GLib < 2.51.3:',
+                     mlog.bold('https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1387'))
 
     @FeatureNewKwargs('gnome.compile_resources', '0.37.0', ['gresource_bundle', 'export', 'install_header'])
     @permittedKwargs({'source_dir', 'c_name', 'dependencies', 'export', 'gresource_bundle', 'install_header',
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/i18n.py b/mesonbuild/modules/i18n.py
index 1efc7b579..80ec8bd4d 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/i18n.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/i18n.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import shutil
 
 from os import path
 from .. import coredata, mesonlib, build, mlog
-from ..mesonlib import MesonException
+from ..mesonlib import MesonException, run_once
 from . import ModuleReturnValue
 from . import ExtensionModule
 from ..interpreterbase import permittedKwargs, FeatureNew, FeatureNewKwargs
@@ -58,13 +58,10 @@ PRESET_ARGS = {
 
 class I18nModule(ExtensionModule):
 
-    nogettext_warning_printed = False
-
-    @classmethod
-    def nogettext_warning(cls):
-        if not cls.nogettext_warning_printed:
-            mlog.warning('Gettext not found, all translation targets will be ignored.')
-            cls.nogettext_warning_printed = True
+    @staticmethod
+    @run_once
+    def nogettext_warning():
+        mlog.warning('Gettext not found, all translation targets will be ignored.')
         return ModuleReturnValue(None, [])
 
     @staticmethod