diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 8acb384..c2ba0a6 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -12,28 +12,9 @@
 
 endif
 
-test_include_dir = '../src'
+test_include_dir = include_directories('../src')
 
-test(
-    'test_entity_manager',
-    executable(
-        'test_entity_manager',
-        'test_entity-manager.cpp',
-        '../src/entity_manager/expression.cpp',
-        '../src/utils.cpp',
-        '../src/entity_manager/utils.cpp',
-        cpp_args: test_boost_args,
-        dependencies: [
-            boost,
-            gtest,
-            nlohmann_json_dep,
-            phosphor_logging_dep,
-            sdbusplus,
-            valijson,
-        ],
-        include_directories: test_include_dir,
-    ),
-)
+subdir('entity_manager')
 
 test(
     'test_fru_utils',