diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d6c09cb18a..d763e81342 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3474,6 +3474,7 @@ foreach tuple : [
         ['debug siphash'],
         ['valgrind',         conf.get('VALGRIND') == 1],
         ['trace logging',    conf.get('LOG_TRACE') == 1],
+        ['install tests',    install_tests],
         ['link-udev-shared',      get_option('link-udev-shared')],
         ['link-systemctl-shared', get_option('link-systemctl-shared')],
         ['link-networkd-shared',  get_option('link-networkd-shared')],