diff --git a/tests/check/meson.build b/tests/check/meson.build
index dfc93467f5..1f1886aca0 100644
--- a/tests/check/meson.build
+++ b/tests/check/meson.build
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ base_tests = [
   [ 'elements/multifdsink' ],
   [ 'elements/multisocketsink' ],
   [ 'elements/playbin' ],
-  [ 'elements/playbin-complex' ],
+  [ 'elements/playbin-complex', not ogg_dep.found() ],
   [ 'elements/playsink' ],
   [ 'elements/streamsynchronizer' ],
   [ 'elements/subparse' ],