diff --git a/tests/gobject/testgobject.c b/gobject/tests/basics-gobject.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/gobject/testgobject.c
rename to gobject/tests/basics-gobject.c
diff --git a/gobject/tests/meson.build b/gobject/tests/meson.build
index 376e2c4b3..98f992eff 100644
--- a/gobject/tests/meson.build
+++ b/gobject/tests/meson.build
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ gobject_tests = {
   'accumulator' : {
     'source' : ['accumulator.c', marshalers_h, marshalers_c],
   },
+  'basics-gobject' : {},
   'boxed' : {},
   'cxx' : {
     'source' : ['cxx.cpp'],
diff --git a/tests/gobject/meson.build b/tests/gobject/meson.build
index 8766932f5..6d6c1caaa 100644
--- a/tests/gobject/meson.build
+++ b/tests/gobject/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 gobject_tests = {
-  'testgobject' : {},
 }
 
 if host_system != 'windows'