diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test_meson.sh b/.gitlab-ci/test_meson.sh
index 3e815fd6..324680e1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test_meson.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test_meson.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ meson  setup \
        --werror \
        --buildtype=debugoptimized \
        --default-library shared \
+       -Dlegacy=enabled \
        builddir
 
 ninja -C builddir test