diff --git a/src/tests/cogl/conform/meson.build b/src/tests/cogl/conform/meson.build
index 02e5481c7..30bb55fe6 100644
--- a/src/tests/cogl/conform/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/cogl/conform/meson.build
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ foreach cogl_test: cogl_tests
     variant_test_env.set('COGL_DEBUG', 'winsys')
 
     test(test_name + '-' + variant, test_executable,
+      args: variant in known_failures ? ['-m', 'no-undefined'] : [],
       suite: ['cogl', 'cogl/conform'],
       env: variant_test_env,
       is_parallel: false,