diff --git a/guile/meson.build b/guile/meson.build
index 47be36be..ca051d11 100644
--- a/guile/meson.build
+++ b/guile/meson.build
@@ -105,4 +105,24 @@ install_data(mu_guile_scripts, install_dir: mu_guile_script_dir)
 
 guile_builddir=meson.current_build_dir()
 
-subdir('tests')
+#
+# guile test; does't work wit asan.
+#
+if get_option('b_sanitize') == 'none'
+  guile_load_path=':'.join([
+    join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'guile'),
+    meson.current_build_dir()])
+
+  test('test-mu-guile',
+       executable('test-mu-guile',
+                  join_paths('tests', 'test-mu-guile.cc'),
+                  install: false,
+                  cpp_args: [
+                    '-DABS_SRCDIR="' + join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'tests') + '"',
+                    '-DGUILE_LOAD_PATH="' + guile_load_path + '"',
+                    '-DGUILE_EXTENSIONS_PATH="' + guile_load_path + '"'
+                  ],
+                  dependencies: [glib_dep, lib_mu_dep]))
+else
+  message('sanitizer build; skip guile test')
+endif
diff --git a/guile/tests/meson.build b/guile/tests/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b48386b..00000000
--- a/guile/tests/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-## Copyright (C) 2022 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
-##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
-## (at your option) any later version.
-##
-## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-## GNU General Public License for more details.
-##
-## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-## Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-
-
-guile_load_path=':'.join([
-    join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'guile'),
-    join_paths(meson.current_build_dir(), '..')])
-
-test('test-mu-guile',
-     executable('test-mu-guile',
-		'test-mu-guile.cc',
-		install: false,
-                cpp_args: [
-                  '-DABS_SRCDIR="' + meson.current_source_dir() + '"',
-                  '-DGUILE_LOAD_PATH="' + guile_load_path + '"',
-                  '-DGUILE_EXTENSIONS_PATH="' + guile_load_path + '"'
-                ],
-		dependencies: [glib_dep, lib_mu_dep]))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ce923f09..834a18c7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
 
 # installation paths
 prefixdir = get_option('prefix')
-bindir    = prefixdir /  get_option('bindir')
+bindir    = prefixdir / get_option('bindir')
 datadir   = prefixdir / get_option('datadir')
 mandir    = prefixdir / get_option('mandir')
 infodir   = prefixdir / get_option('infodir')