diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/cocoa/meson.build b/tests/examples/gl/cocoa/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a5ceb7019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/examples/gl/cocoa/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+if host_system == 'darwin'
+  executable('cocoa-videooverlay', 'cocoa-videooverlay.m',
+    objc_args : [gst_plugins_base_args],
+    include_directories: [configinc],
+    dependencies : [gstgl_dep,],
+    install: false)
+endif
diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/meson.build b/tests/examples/gl/meson.build
index 3d5449c1bd..d092d4688f 100644
--- a/tests/examples/gl/meson.build
+++ b/tests/examples/gl/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# FIXME: subdir('cocoa')
+subdir('cocoa')
 subdir('generic')
 # FIXME: gtk is temporarily disabled. 
 #        See. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/issues/518