How can I override the defeat compiler select by Dub?

[Mike Brockus via Digitalmars-d-learn]

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Hometown Meson user here simply just wondering how can I tell Dub 
to use dmd to compile my dependence in Meson?  It’s one of the 
last things blocking me from having healthy D Meson projects that 
integrate nicely with Dub based projects.