diff --git a/src/protocol/ftp/meson.build b/src/protocol/ftp/meson.build
index a12435539..206241821 100644
--- a/src/protocol/ftp/meson.build
+++ b/src/protocol/ftp/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 srcs += files('ftp.c', 'parse.c')
 
-#TEST_PROGS = \
-# ftp-parser$(EXEEXT)
+executable('ftp-parser', 'ftp-parser.c', meson.source_root()+'/src/protocol/date.c', 'parse.c', testdeps,
+c_args:['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H'], include_directories:['.','..','../..', '../../..'])
 
-#TESTDEPS = \
-# $(top_builddir)/src/protocol/date.o \
-# $(top_builddir)/src/protocol/ftp/parse.o
+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)