diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d5404c00a..60a57c554 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ meson:
     script:
         - meson -Dc_args="-fno-common" -Dprefix=/usr -Dxephyr=true -Dwerror=true $MESON_EXTRA_OPTIONS build/
         - ninja -j${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4} -C build/ dist
-        - PIGLIT_DIR=/root/piglit XTEST_DIR=/root/xts ninja -j${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4} -C build/ test
+        - PIGLIT_DIR=/root/piglit XTEST_DIR=/root/xts meson test --num-processes ${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4} -C build/
         - .gitlab-ci/manpages-check
 
 meson-noglamor: