diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 25a46a8..0d42d42 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('pkgconf', 'c',
   version : '1.9.3',
   license : 'ISC',
-  meson_version : '>=0.47',
+  meson_version : '>=0.49',
   default_options : ['c_std=c99'],
 )
 
@@ -117,13 +117,12 @@ pkgconf_exe = executable('pkgconf',
   c_args: build_static,
   install : true)
 
-if get_option('tests')
-  kyua_exe = find_program('kyua')
-  atf_sh_exe = find_program('atf-sh')
-  kyuafile = configure_file(input : 'Kyuafile.in', output : 'Kyuafile', configuration : cdata)
-  test('kyua', kyua_exe, args : ['--config=none', 'test', '--kyuafile', kyuafile, '--build-root', meson.current_build_dir()])
-  subdir('tests')
-endif
+with_tests = get_option('tests')
+kyua_exe = find_program('kyua', required : with_tests, disabler : true)
+atf_sh_exe = find_program('atf-sh', required : with_tests, disabler : true)
+kyuafile = configure_file(input : 'Kyuafile.in', output : 'Kyuafile', configuration : cdata)
+test('kyua', kyua_exe, args : ['--config=none', 'test', '--kyuafile', kyuafile, '--build-root', meson.current_build_dir()])
+subdir('tests')
 
 install_man('man/pkgconf.1')
 install_man('man/pkg.m4.7')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index d1d0000..c61926f 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true,
-  description: 'Build tests which depends upon the kyua framework'
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+option(
+  'tests',
+  type: 'feature',
+  description: 'Build tests which depends upon the kyua framework',
+)