diff --git a/src/tests/evas/meson.build b/src/tests/evas/meson.build
index 765afd9960..bee736035f 100644
--- a/src/tests/evas/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/evas/meson.build
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ evas_suite_src = [
 
 evas_suite = executable('evas_suite',
   evas_suite_src,
-  dependencies: [evas_bin, evas, ecore_evas, dl, check, evas_ext_none_static_deps], #external deps needed here since tests do include internal headers
+  dependencies: [evas_bin, evas, ecore_evas, dl, check, evas_ext_none_static_deps, eet], #external deps needed here since tests do include internal headers
   include_directories: include_directories(join_paths('..', '..', 'modules', 'evas', 'engines', 'buffer')),
   c_args : [
   '-DTESTS_BUILD_DIR="'+meson.current_build_dir()+'"',