diff --git a/testsuite/meson.build b/testsuite/meson.build
index 481fa2f9aa..d4d0cd12a9 100644
--- a/testsuite/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/meson.build
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ installed_test_env = [
   'G_ENABLE_DIAGNOSTIC=0',
 ]
 
+subdir('tools')
 subdir('gtk')
 subdir('gdk')
 subdir('css')
 subdir('a11y')
-subdir('tools')
-# subdir('reftests') # FIXME: needs more work
+subdir('reftests')