diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 66cda8b5a..53d17623a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ test_env = [
 ]
 
 if get_option('unit_testing')
-  subdir('tests/ctests')
+    test('ctests',
+         find_program('tests/ctests/run.sh'),
+         workdir: join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'tests/ctests'),
+         args: [join_paths(meson.current_build_dir(), '_ctestsbuild'),
+                '-Dparent_current_source_dir=' + meson.current_source_dir(),
+                '-Dparent_current_build_dir=' + meson.current_build_dir()])
 endif
 
 #FIXME: exclude doc/env/
diff --git a/tests/ctests/build.sh b/tests/ctests/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..093e5bcf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ctests/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+BUILDDIR="$1"; shift
+meson setup ${BUILDDIR} $*
+meson compile -C ${BUILDDIR} --verbose
+
+if [ "$(basename $0)" = "run.sh" ]; then
+    meson test -C ${BUILDDIR}
+fi
diff --git a/tests/ctests/meson.build b/tests/ctests/meson.build
index 8a41e9a30..ab503153f 100644
--- a/tests/ctests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/ctests/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+project('ctests', 'c')
+
+add_project_arguments(
+    '-DSBINDIR="' + join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sbindir')) + '"',
+    '-D_GNU_SOURCE',
+    language: 'c')
+
 tests = {
   'test_netplan_parser': false,
   'test_netplan_state': false,
@@ -10,15 +17,25 @@ tests = {
   'test_netplan_openvswitch': false,
 }
 
+glib = dependency('glib-2.0')
+gio  = dependency('gio-2.0')
+yaml = dependency('yaml-0.1')
+uuid = dependency('uuid')
 cmocka = dependency('cmocka', required: true)
+netplan = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library(
+    'netplan',
+    dirs: [join_paths(get_option('parent_current_build_dir'), 'src')])
 
 foreach name, should_fail: tests
   exe = executable(name,
     '@0@.c'.format(name),
-    include_directories: [inc, inc_internal],
-    dependencies: [cmocka, glib, gio, yaml, uuid],
+    include_directories: [
+      join_paths(get_option('parent_current_source_dir'), 'include'),
+      join_paths(get_option('parent_current_source_dir'), 'src'),
+    ],
+    dependencies: [cmocka, glib, gio, yaml, uuid, netplan],
     c_args: [
-      '-DFIXTURESDIR="' + meson.project_source_root() + '/tests/ctests/fixtures"',
+      '-DFIXTURESDIR="' + meson.project_source_root() + '/fixtures"',
       '-Wno-deprecated-declarations',
       '-D_GNU_SOURCE',
       ],
diff --git a/tests/ctests/meson_options.txt b/tests/ctests/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da1127f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ctests/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+option('parent_current_source_dir', type: 'string', value: '')
+option('parent_current_build_dir', type: 'string', value: '')
diff --git a/tests/ctests/run.sh b/tests/ctests/run.sh
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..c07a74de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ctests/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/run_asan.sh b/tools/run_asan.sh
index 73ed35e38..7541ca3ad 100755
--- a/tools/run_asan.sh
+++ b/tools/run_asan.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ set -x
 
 BUILDDIR="_leakcheckbuild"
 CLEANBUILDDIR="_cleanbuild"
+CTESTSBUILDDIR="_ctestsbuild"
 CC=gcc
 
 meson setup ${BUILDDIR} -Db_sanitize=address,undefined
 meson compile -C ${BUILDDIR} --verbose
 
+tests/ctests/build.sh \
+    ${CTESTSBUILDDIR} \
+    tests/ctests \
+    -Dparent_current_source_dir=$(realpath .) \
+    -Dparent_current_build_dir=$(realpath ${BUILDDIR}) \
+    -Db_sanitize=address,undefined
+
 meson setup ${CLEANBUILDDIR}
 meson compile -C ${CLEANBUILDDIR} --verbose
 
@@ -18,10 +26,11 @@ ${CC} tools/keyfile_to_yaml.c -o tools/keyfile_to_yaml \
     -Iinclude -L${BUILDDIR}/src \
     -fsanitize=address,undefined -g
 
-TESTS=$(find ${BUILDDIR}/tests/ctests/ -executable -type f)
+TESTS=$(find ${CTESTSBUILDDIR} -executable -type f)
 for test in ${TESTS}
 do
-    ./${test}
+    # https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/1017
+    ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_odr_violation=0 ./${test}
 done
 
 mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/fakeroot/{etc/netplan,run}