diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 468d8b86c6..490a923384 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ tests/test-rcu-slist$(EXESUF): tests/test-rcu-slist.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-qdist$(EXESUF): tests/test-qdist.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-qht$(EXESUF): tests/test-qht.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-qht-par$(EXESUF): tests/test-qht-par.o tests/qht-bench$(EXESUF) $(test-util-obj-y)
-tests/qht-bench$(EXESUF): tests/qht-bench.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-bufferiszero$(EXESUF): tests/test-bufferiszero.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/atomic_add-bench$(EXESUF): tests/atomic_add-bench.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/atomic64-bench$(EXESUF): tests/atomic64-bench.o $(test-util-obj-y)
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index ab09a8d845..3aeae23d54 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+qht_bench = executable('qht-bench',
+                       sources: files('qht-bench.c'),
+                       dependencies: [qemuutil])
+
 test_qapi_outputs = [
   'qapi-builtin-types.c',
   'qapi-builtin-types.h',