diff --git a/test/hwdb-test.sh b/test/hwdb-test.sh
index 5373930df4..2221c0d7fd 100755
--- a/test/hwdb-test.sh
+++ b/test/hwdb-test.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 set -e
 
 ROOTDIR=$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -f $0)))
-SYSTEMD_HWDB=${builddir:-.}/systemd-hwdb
+SYSTEMD_HWDB=./systemd-hwdb
 
 if [ ! -x "$SYSTEMD_HWDB" ]; then
     echo "$SYSTEMD_HWDB does not exist, please build first"
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index ddcd8aa4c9..9fdcd2d8d2 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -179,3 +179,7 @@ custom_target(
 udev_test_pl = find_program('udev-test.pl')
 test('udev-test',
      udev_test_pl)
+
+hwdb_test_sh = find_program('hwdb-test.sh')
+test('hwdb-test',
+     hwdb_test_sh)