diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c1f3e06941a..a7958e43545 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ elif host_machine.system() == 'windows'
     '-DPIPE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_USER',
     '-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES',  # XXX: scons didn't use this for mingw
   ]
-  if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+  if cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
     pre_args += [
       '-DVC_EXTRALEAN',
       '-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS',
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ endif
 c_msvc_compat_args = []
 no_override_init_args = []
 cpp_msvc_compat_args = []
-if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
   _trial = [
     '/wd4018',  # signed/unsigned mismatch
     '/wd4056',  # overflow in floating-point constant arithmetic
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ else
   ]
 
   # MinGW chokes on format specifiers and I can't get it all working
-  if not (cc.get_id() == 'gcc' and host_machine.system() == 'windows')
+  if not (cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'gcc' and host_machine.system() == 'windows')
     _trial_c += ['-Werror=format', '-Wformat-security']
     _trial_cpp += ['-Werror=format', '-Wformat-security']
   endif
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ endif
 
 # set linker arguments
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+  if cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
     add_project_link_arguments(
       '/fixed:no',
       '/dynamicbase',
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
   endif
 endif
 
-if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('x86') and cc.get_id() != 'msvc'
+if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('x86') and cc.get_argument_syntax() != 'msvc'
   pre_args += '-DUSE_SSE41'
   with_sse41 = true
   sse41_args = ['-msse4.1']
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/d3d10umd/meson.build b/src/gallium/frontends/d3d10umd/meson.build
index 7141c8da17f..28c27f0cf8e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/d3d10umd/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/d3d10umd/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 inc_d3d10umd = include_directories('.')
 _c_args_d3d10umd = []
 
-if cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'gcc'
   _c_args_d3d10umd += '-Wno-unknown-pragmas'
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index ebff41635be..8700088e54b 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ sha1_h = custom_target(
 )
 
 subdir('gtest')
-if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
   subdir('getopt')
 else
   idep_getopt = null_dep