diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6a1e94d..a9dc555 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ if dep_check.found()
 		valgrind_env = environment()
 		valgrind_env.set('CK_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER', '10')
 		valgrind_env.set('CK_FORK', 'no')
+		valgrind_env.set('RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND', '1')
 		valgrind_suppressions_file = join_paths(dir_src_test, 'valgrind.suppressions')
 		add_test_setup('valgrind',
 				exe_wrapper: [ valgrind,
@@ -203,7 +204,9 @@ if dep_check.found()
 		message('valgrind not found, disabling valgrind test suite')
 	endif
 
-	# FIXME: static link test
+	test_static_link = find_program('test/test-static-symbols-leak.sh')
+	test('static-symbols-leak', test_static_link,
+		args: [meson.current_build_dir()])
 endif
 
 doxygen = find_program('doxygen', required: get_option('documentation'))
diff --git a/test/test-static-symbols-leak.sh b/test/test-static-symbols-leak.sh
index 74ff3b9..d1746c3 100755
--- a/test/test-static-symbols-leak.sh
+++ b/test/test-static-symbols-leak.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # Note the spaces in the expressions! After the first grep, each line
 # is " T symbol_name"
 
+test -z "$RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND" || exit 77
+
 builddir="$1"
 
 test -f "$builddir/test-static-link" || (echo "Unable to find test file" && exit 1)
diff --git a/test/valgrind.suppressions b/test/valgrind.suppressions
index 536b2f1..5fee7aa 100644
--- a/test/valgrind.suppressions
+++ b/test/valgrind.suppressions
@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@
    fun:ioctl
    fun:test_revoke*
 }
+{
+   <bash_memleak>
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   ...
+   fun:reader_loop
+   fun:main
+}