diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9df35341..aba7f48c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ executable('ptraccel-debug',
 
 ############ tests ############
 
-if get_option('enable-tests')
+if get_option('tests')
 	dep_check = dependency('check', version : '>= 0.9.10')
 	valgrind = find_program('valgrind')
 	addr2line = find_program('addr2line')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index f432e7ea..ad3095e3 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ option('debug-gui',
        type: 'boolean',
        default: true,
        description: 'Enable the "debug-gui" feature in the libinput tool [default=true]')
-option('enable-tests',
+option('tests',
        type: 'boolean',
        default: true,
        description: 'Build the tests [default=true]')