diff --git a/src/tests/eo/suite/meson.build b/src/tests/eo/suite/meson.build
index d7f8ae3fd4..3edd5f33b4 100644
--- a/src/tests/eo/suite/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/eo/suite/meson.build
@@ -45,3 +45,17 @@ eo_suite = executable('eo_suite_dbg',
 test('eo-suite-dbg', eo_suite,
   env : test_env
 )
+
+eo_suite = executable('eo_suite_fallback',
+  eo_suite_src,
+  dependencies: [eo_dbg, check, valgrind],
+  c_args : [
+  '-DTESTS_BUILD_DIR="'+meson.current_build_dir()+'"',
+  '-DEO_DEBUG=1',
+  '-D_EO_ADD_FALLBACK_FORCE=1',
+  '-DTESTS_SRC_DIR="'+meson.current_source_dir()+'"']
+)
+
+test('eo-suite-fallback', eo_suite,
+  env : test_env
+)