diff --git a/gen/run-ci b/gen/run-ci
index 839b182..d38927a 100755
--- a/gen/run-ci
+++ b/gen/run-ci
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-"$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/gen/regenerate-meson"
-
-GIT_STATUS="$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files)"
-if [ -n "$GIT_STATUS" ]; then
-    echo "git status is not clean after running regenerate-meson!"
-    echo
-    echo "$GIT_STATUS"
-    exit 1
+cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit
+./regenerate-meson || exit
+rc=0
+git --no-pager diff --exit-code -- . || rc=$?
+untracked="$(git ls-files --others --exclude-standard -- .)" || rc=$?
+if [ -n "$untracked" ]; then
+  echo "Untracked files:" >&2
+  echo "$untracked" >&2
+  rc=1
+fi
+if (( rc != 0 )); then
+  echo "Generated meson files differ from expected values" >&2
+  exit 1
 fi