diff --git a/srcpkgs/meson/template b/srcpkgs/meson/template
index 64f2ea079b7..0f290065529 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/meson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/meson/template
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'meson'
 pkgname=meson
-version=0.44.0
+version=0.45.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python3-module
 pycompile_module="mesonbuild"
 hostmakedepends="python3-devel"
 depends="python3 ninja"
+checkdepends="ninja pkg-config vala glib-devel gobject-introspection libsanitizer-devel"
 short_desc="Super fast build system"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 maintainer="Dylan Katz <muddmaker.97@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://mesonbuild.com"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5cdbc68c63b5b4a8ee862ab3b6393a2633487ebc9b3e1c3da1091b9c912d1d95
+checksum=3e7a787b146e7b04cfb2f8a920e406acdc75044f3d1f397461bec933274424c1
+
+do_check() {
+	# meson depends on trillion of things to perform actual tests
+	# see checkdepends=() on arch
+	# 3 tests still fails
+	./run_unittests.py
+}