diff --git a/tests/check/meson.build b/tests/check/meson.build
index afd999c692..bad1274132 100644
--- a/tests/check/meson.build
+++ b/tests/check/meson.build
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ good_tests = [
   [ 'elements/videocrop' ],
   [ 'elements/videofilter' ],
   [ 'elements/videomixer' ],
-  [ 'elements/vp8enc', not have_vp8_encoder ],
-  [ 'elements/vp8dec', not have_vp8_decoder ],
-  [ 'elements/vp9enc', not have_vp9_encoder ],
+  [ 'elements/vp8enc', not vpx_dep.found() or not have_vp8_encoder ],
+  [ 'elements/vp8dec', not vpx_dep.found() or not have_vp8_decoder ],
+  [ 'elements/vp9enc', not vpx_dep.found() or not have_vp9_encoder ],
   [ 'pipelines/wavenc' ],
   [ 'elements/wavpackdec', not wavpack_dep.found() ],
   [ 'elements/wavpackenc', not wavpack_dep.found() ],