diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 4e2a2e47..a3309c94 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ build_rstests = custom_target(
     output: ['src'],
     install: false,
     console: true,
-    command: [cargo_script, '', 'build', '--tests'],
+    command: [cargo_script, '', 'test', '--no-run'],
     depends: rslibs, # no point building tests if the code itself fails
 )