diff --git a/tests/check/meson.build b/tests/check/meson.build
index 672184c195..afd999c692 100644
--- a/tests/check/meson.build
+++ b/tests/check/meson.build
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ test_defines = [
 ]
 
 getpluginsdir = find_program('getpluginsdir')
-runcmd = run_command(getpluginsdir, 'gstreamer', 'gstreamer-1.0')
+runcmd = run_command(getpluginsdir, 'gstreamer', 'gstreamer-' + api_version,
+        'gst-plugins-base', 'gstreamer-plugins-base-' + api_version)
 if runcmd.returncode() == 0
   other_plugins_dir = runcmd.stdout().strip()
   message('Using GStreamer plug-ins in ' + other_plugins_dir)