diff --git a/mesonpy/__init__.py b/mesonpy/__init__.py
index a247998b9..3f8dd0585 100644
--- a/mesonpy/__init__.py
+++ b/mesonpy/__init__.py
@@ -711,6 +711,8 @@ def __init__(
                         cpp = ['c++', '-arch', {arch!r}]
                         objc = ['cc', '-arch', {arch!r}]
                         objcpp = ['c++', '-arch', {arch!r}]
+                        strip = ['strip', '-arch', {arch!r}]
+
                         [host_machine]
                         system = 'darwin'
                         cpu = {arch!r}
@@ -731,11 +733,12 @@ def __init__(
 
             cross_file_data = textwrap.dedent(f'''
                 [binaries]
+                ar = '{arch}-apple-{subsystem}-ar'
                 c = '{arch}-apple-{subsystem}-clang'
                 cpp = '{arch}-apple-{subsystem}-clang++'
                 objc = '{arch}-apple-{subsystem}-clang'
                 objcpp = '{arch}-apple-{subsystem}-clang++'
-                ar = '{arch}-apple-{subsystem}-ar'
+                strip = ['strip', '-arch', {arch!r}]
 
                 [host_machine]
                 system = 'ios'
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index af737968c..ed375cf08 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -192,3 +192,18 @@ def cleanenv():
     # $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET affects the computation of the platform tag on macOS.
     yield mpatch.delenv('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET', raising=False)
     mpatch.undo()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope='session')
+def meson_fatal_warnings():
+    # Cannot use the 'monkeypatch' fixture because of scope mismatch.
+    mpatch = pytest.MonkeyPatch()
+    mesonpy_project_init = mesonpy.Project.__init__
+
+    def __init__(self, source_dir, build_dir, meson_args=None, editable_verbose=False):
+        if meson_args is None:
+            meson_args = {}
+        meson_args['setup'] = meson_args.get('setup', []) + ['--fatal-meson-warnings']
+        mesonpy_project_init(self, source_dir, build_dir, meson_args, editable_verbose)
+
+    mpatch.setattr(mesonpy.Project, '__init__', __init__)
diff --git a/tests/packages/limited-api/meson.build b/tests/packages/limited-api/meson.build
index 4973c6f14..606a12242 100644
--- a/tests/packages/limited-api/meson.build
+++ b/tests/packages/limited-api/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-project('limited-api', 'c', version: '1.0.0')
+project('limited-api', 'c', version: '1.0.0', meson_version: '>= 1.3')
 
 py = import('python').find_installation(pure: false)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_project.py b/tests/test_project.py
index fb3d08084..f4a3dc012 100644
--- a/tests/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/test_project.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def test_ios_project(package_simple, monkeypatch, multiarch, tmp_path):
     project = mesonpy.Project(source_dir=package_simple, build_dir=tmp_path)
 
     # Meson configuration points at the cross file
-    assert project._meson_args['setup'] == ['--cross-file', os.fspath(tmp_path / 'meson-python-cross-file.ini')]
+    assert project._meson_args['setup'][-2:] == ['--cross-file', os.fspath(tmp_path / 'meson-python-cross-file.ini')]
 
     # Meson config files exist, and have some relevant keys
     assert (tmp_path / 'meson-python-native-file.ini').exists()