diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 74df68a26b..1f05715e28 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -100,25 +100,6 @@ else !WITH_REMOTE
 check-protocol:
 endif !WITH_REMOTE
 
-DRIVERS = \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-hypervisor.h \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-interface.h \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-network.h \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-nodedev.h \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-nwfilter.h \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-secret.h \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-state.h \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-storage.h \
-	$(srcdir)/driver-stream.h \
-	$(NULL)
-
-check-drivername:
-	$(AM_V_GEN)$(RUNUTF8) $(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/scripts/check-drivername.py \
-		$(DRIVERS) \
-		$(srcdir)/libvirt_public.syms \
-		$(srcdir)/libvirt_qemu.syms \
-		$(srcdir)/libvirt_lxc.syms
-
 check-driverimpls:
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(RUNUTF8) $(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/scripts/check-driverimpls.py \
 		$(DRIVER_SOURCE_FILES)
@@ -134,7 +115,7 @@ check-aclperms:
 		$(srcdir)/access/viraccessperm.c
 
 check-local: check-protocol \
-	check-drivername check-driverimpls check-aclrules \
+	check-driverimpls check-aclrules \
 	check-aclperms check-admin
 .PHONY: check-protocol $(PROTOCOL_STRUCTS:structs=struct)
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 35a7b0c4ef..b27368938e 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -277,6 +277,18 @@ driver_sources = [
   'libvirt-stream.c',
 ]
 
+driver_headers = [
+  'driver-hypervisor.h',
+  'driver-interface.h',
+  'driver-network.h',
+  'driver-nodedev.h',
+  'driver-nwfilter.h',
+  'driver-secret.h',
+  'driver-state.h',
+  'driver-storage.h',
+  'driver-stream.h',
+]
+
 driver_lib = static_library(
   'virt_driver',
   [
@@ -842,3 +854,13 @@ test(
   ],
   env: runutf8,
 )
+
+test(
+  'check-drivername',
+  python3_prog,
+  args: [
+    check_drivername_prog.path(), files(driver_headers),
+    files('libvirt_public.syms'), libvirt_qemu_syms, libvirt_lxc_syms,
+  ],
+  env: runutf8,
+)