diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index 893ac457e..de5a8c991 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ from .mesonlib import (
     HoldableObject,
     MesonException, EnvironmentException, MachineChoice, PerMachine,
     PerMachineDefaultable, default_libdir, default_libexecdir,
-    default_prefix, split_args, OptionKey, OptionType, stringlistify,
+    default_prefix, default_datadir, default_includedir, default_infodir,
+    default_localedir, default_mandir, default_sbindir, default_sysconfdir,
+    split_args, OptionKey, OptionType, stringlistify,
     pickle_load, replace_if_different
 )
 from .wrap import WrapMode
@@ -1195,18 +1197,18 @@ class BuiltinOption(T.Generic[_T, _U]):
 BUILTIN_DIR_OPTIONS: 'MutableKeyedOptionDictType' = OrderedDict([
     (OptionKey('prefix'),          BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Installation prefix', default_prefix())),
     (OptionKey('bindir'),          BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Executable directory', 'bin')),
-    (OptionKey('datadir'),         BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Data file directory', 'share')),
-    (OptionKey('includedir'),      BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Header file directory', 'include')),
-    (OptionKey('infodir'),         BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Info page directory', 'share/info')),
+    (OptionKey('datadir'),         BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Data file directory', default_datadir())),
+    (OptionKey('includedir'),      BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Header file directory', default_includedir())),
+    (OptionKey('infodir'),         BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Info page directory', default_infodir())),
     (OptionKey('libdir'),          BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Library directory', default_libdir())),
     (OptionKey('licensedir'),      BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Licenses directory', '')),
     (OptionKey('libexecdir'),      BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Library executable directory', default_libexecdir())),
-    (OptionKey('localedir'),       BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Locale data directory', 'share/locale')),
+    (OptionKey('localedir'),       BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Locale data directory', default_localedir())),
     (OptionKey('localstatedir'),   BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Localstate data directory', 'var')),
-    (OptionKey('mandir'),          BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Manual page directory', 'share/man')),
-    (OptionKey('sbindir'),         BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'System executable directory', 'sbin')),
+    (OptionKey('mandir'),          BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Manual page directory', default_mandir())),
+    (OptionKey('sbindir'),         BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'System executable directory', default_sbindir())),
     (OptionKey('sharedstatedir'),  BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Architecture-independent data directory', 'com')),
-    (OptionKey('sysconfdir'),      BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Sysconf data directory', 'etc')),
+    (OptionKey('sysconfdir'),      BuiltinOption(UserStringOption, 'Sysconf data directory', default_sysconfdir())),
 ])
 
 BUILTIN_CORE_OPTIONS: 'MutableKeyedOptionDictType' = OrderedDict([
diff --git a/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py b/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py
index f6e2c4c71..5c9144975 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ __all__ = [
     'default_libdir',
     'default_libexecdir',
     'default_prefix',
+    'default_datadir',
+    'default_includedir',
+    'default_infodir',
+    'default_localedir',
+    'default_mandir',
+    'default_sbindir',
+    'default_sysconfdir',
     'detect_subprojects',
     'detect_vcs',
     'do_conf_file',
@@ -977,12 +984,60 @@ def default_libdir() -> str:
 
 
 def default_libexecdir() -> str:
+    if is_haiku():
+        return 'lib'
     # There is no way to auto-detect this, so it must be set at build time
     return 'libexec'
 
 
 def default_prefix() -> str:
-    return 'c:/' if is_windows() else '/usr/local'
+    if is_windows():
+        return 'c:/'
+    if is_haiku():
+        return '/boot/system/non-packaged'
+    return '/usr/local'
+
+
+def default_datadir() -> str:
+    if is_haiku():
+        return 'data'
+    return 'share'
+
+
+def default_includedir() -> str:
+    if is_haiku():
+        return 'develop/headers'
+    return 'include'
+
+
+def default_infodir() -> str:
+    if is_haiku():
+        return 'documentation/info'
+    return 'share/info'
+
+
+def default_localedir() -> str:
+    if is_haiku():
+        return 'data/locale'
+    return 'share/locale'
+
+
+def default_mandir() -> str:
+    if is_haiku():
+        return 'documentation/man'
+    return 'share/man'
+
+
+def default_sbindir() -> str:
+    if is_haiku():
+        return 'bin'
+    return 'sbin'
+
+
+def default_sysconfdir() -> str:
+    if is_haiku():
+        return 'settings'
+    return 'etc'
 
 
 def has_path_sep(name: str, sep: str = '/\\') -> bool: