diff --git a/scripts/unit-test.py b/scripts/unit-test.py
index f0608bb..18e4730 100755
--- a/scripts/unit-test.py
+++ b/scripts/unit-test.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from git import Repo
 from mesonbuild import coredata, optinterpreter
+from mesonbuild.mesonlib import OptionKey
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 from subprocess import check_call, call, CalledProcessError
 import os
@@ -873,12 +874,12 @@
             meson_flags.append('--buildtype=debug')
         else:
             meson_flags.append('--buildtype=debugoptimized')
-        if 'tests' in meson_options:
-            meson_flags.append(self._configure_option(meson_options, 'tests', build_for_testing))
-        if 'examples' in meson_options:
-            meson_flags.append(self._configure_option(meson_options, 'examples', build_for_testing))
-        if 'itests' in meson_options:
-            meson_flags.append(self._configure_option(meson_options, 'itests', INTEGRATION_TEST))
+        if OptionKey('tests') in meson_options:
+            meson_flags.append(self._configure_option(meson_options, OptionKey('tests'), build_for_testing))
+        if OptionKey('examples') in meson_options:
+            meson_flags.append(self._configure_option(meson_options, OptionKey('examples'), build_for_testing))
+        if OptionKey('itests') in meson_options:
+            meson_flags.append(self._configure_option(meson_options, OptionKey('itests'), INTEGRATION_TEST))
         if MESON_FLAGS.get(self.package) is not None:
             meson_flags.extend(MESON_FLAGS.get(self.package))
         try: