diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 721c7151fd..66b4f5ade9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ foreach subproj: subprojects
 endforeach
 
 setenv = find_program('gst-uninstalled.py')
-run_target('uninstalled', setenv, '--builddir=@0@'.format(meson.current_build_dir()),
-           '--gst-version=@0@'.format(gst_branch))
+run_target('uninstalled', command : [setenv, '--builddir=@0@'.format(meson.current_build_dir()),
+           '--gst-version=@0@'.format(gst_branch)])