diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/meson.build b/tests/examples/gl/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1f4889faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/examples/gl/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# FIXME - Add other missing examples!
+#subdir('clutter')
+#subdir('cocoa')
+#subdir('generic')
+#subdir('gtk')
+#subdir('qt')
+subdir('sdl')
diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/sdl/meson.build b/tests/examples/gl/sdl/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8285f87f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/examples/gl/sdl/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+sdl_dep = dependency('sdl', version : '>=1.2.0', required : false)
+if sdl_dep.found() and build_gstgl
+  executable('sdlshare',
+    'sdlshare.c',
+    install: false,
+    dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstgl_dep, sdl_dep, gl_dep],
+    c_args : ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API', ],
+  )
+
+  executable('sdlshare2',
+    'sdlshare2.c',
+    install: false,
+    dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstgl_dep, sdl_dep, gl_dep],
+    c_args : ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API', ],
+)
+endif
diff --git a/tests/examples/meson.build b/tests/examples/meson.build
index 4c6e83b620..8386248073 100644
--- a/tests/examples/meson.build
+++ b/tests/examples/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #subdir('codecparsers')
 subdir('compositor')
 #subdir('directfb')
-#subdir('gl')
+subdir('gl')
 #subdir('gtk')
 #subdir('ipcpipeline')
 subdir('mpegts')