diff --git a/src/protocol/ftp/meson.build b/src/protocol/ftp/meson.build
index 20624182..c5d99ddf 100644
--- a/src/protocol/ftp/meson.build
+++ b/src/protocol/ftp/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 srcs += files('ftp.c', 'parse.c')
 
-executable('ftp-parser', 'ftp-parser.c', meson.source_root()+'/src/protocol/date.c', 'parse.c', testdeps,
-c_args:['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H'], include_directories:['.','..','../..', '../../..'])
+executable('ftp-parser', 'ftp-parser.c', 'parse.c', meson.source_root()+'/src/protocol/date.c', testdeps,
+c_args:['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H'], cpp_args:['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H'], include_directories:['.','../..','../../..'])
 
 test_lib = environment({'TEST_LIB': meson.source_root()+'/test/libtest.sh'})
 t = find_program('test-ftp-parser')
-test('ftp-parser', t, env: test_lib, workdir: meson.current_build_dir(), should_fail: true)
+test('ftp-parser', t, env: test_lib, workdir: meson.current_build_dir(), is_parallel: false, should_fail: false)
diff --git a/src/protocol/ftp/test-ftp-parser b/src/protocol/ftp/test-ftp-parser
index f87f76b6..e440ccef 100755
--- a/src/protocol/ftp/test-ftp-parser
+++ b/src/protocol/ftp/test-ftp-parser
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Jonas Fonseca
 #