diff --git a/.ci/ci-make-check.sh b/.ci/ci-make-check.sh
index 1744b4894c..6dff663e69 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-make-check.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-make-check.sh
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ NUM_TRIES=5
 travis_fold check "make check-TESTS"
 if [ "$BUILDSYSTEM" = "ninja" ] ; then
    if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
-     for tries in $(seq 1 ${NUM_TRIES}); do
-          (docker exec --env EINA_LOG_BACKTRACE="0" --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 $(cat $HOME/cid) ninja -C build test) && break
-          docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 $(cat $HOME/cid) cat src/test-suite.log
-          if [ $tries != ${NUM_TRIES} ] ; then echo "tests failed, trying again!" ; fi
-          false
-      done
+      # disable them for this distros, after meson 0.49 is out, this can be removed
+      # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/commit/253c581412d7f2b09af353dd83d943454bd555be
+      if [ "$DISTRO" != "Ubuntu1804" ] && [ "$DISTRO" != "Debian91" ]; then
+        for tries in $(seq 1 ${NUM_TRIES}); do
+            (docker exec --env EINA_LOG_BACKTRACE="0" --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 $(cat $HOME/cid) ninja -C build test) && break
+            docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 $(cat $HOME/cid) cat src/test-suite.log
+            if [ $tries != ${NUM_TRIES} ] ; then echo "tests failed, trying again!" ; fi
+            false
+        done
+      fi
    fi
 else
   if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then