diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index c0c3b2b..af933fe 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 option ('erase_min_geometry', type : 'integer', min : 0, max : 18446744073709551615, value : 10, description : 'The min size allowed in bytes, used by the geometry check')
 option ('erase_max_geometry', type : 'integer', min : 0, max : 18446744073709551615, value : 5368709120, description : 'the max size allowed in bytes, used by the geometry check')
-option('tests', type: 'feature', description: 'Build tests')
+option('tests', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled', description: 'Build tests')