diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index b1977502b6a..a3833392ee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ jobs:
             meson setup build \
               -Dwith-ssl-dir=/usr/local \
               -Dwith-tracker-pkgconfig-version=3.0 \
-              -Dbuild_tests=true
+              -Dbuild-tests=true
             ninja -C build
             cd build && meson test