diff --git a/src/st/meson.build b/src/st/meson.build
index 118d0fda0..38ae5c722 100644
--- a/src/st/meson.build
+++ b/src/st/meson.build
@@ -139,9 +139,14 @@ test_theme = executable('test-theme',
   sources: 'test-theme.c',
   c_args: st_cflags,
   dependencies: [clutter_dep, gtk_dep],
+  build_rpath: mutter_typelibdir,
   link_with: libst
 )
 
+test('CSS styling support', test_theme,
+  workdir: meson.current_source_dir()
+)
+
 libst_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libst,
   sources: st_gir_sources,
   nsversion: '1.0',