diff --git a/src/tests/elementary/efl_ui_suite.c b/src/tests/elementary/efl_ui_suite.c
--- a/src/tests/elementary/efl_ui_suite.c
+++ b/src/tests/elementary/efl_ui_suite.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 {
    Efl_Loop_Arguments *arge = ev->info;
 
-   
    fail_if(!arge->initialization);
    fprintf(stderr, "ARGC %d\n", eina_array_count(arge->argv));
    fail_if(eina_array_count(arge->argv) != 2);
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@
    __EFL_MAIN_CONSTRUCTOR;
    ret__ = efl_loop_begin(efl_app_main_get(EFL_APP_CLASS));
    real__ = efl_loop_exit_code_process(ret__);
+   fail_if(real__ != 0);
    __EFL_MAIN_DESTRUCTOR;
    ecore_shutdown_ex();
    ecore_shutdown();
diff --git a/src/tests/elementary/meson.build b/src/tests/elementary/meson.build
--- a/src/tests/elementary/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/elementary/meson.build
@@ -116,10 +116,29 @@
   ]
 )
 
+efl_ui_suite_src = [
+  'efl_ui_suite.c',
+]
+
+efl_ui_suite = executable('efl_ui_suite',
+  efl_ui_suite_src, priv_eo_file_target,
+  dependencies: [check, eina, elementary, elementary_deps],
+  include_directories : [config_dir] + [elementary_config_dir],
+  c_args : [
+  '-DTESTS_BUILD_DIR="'+meson.current_build_dir()+'"',
+  '-DTESTS_SRC_DIR="'+meson.current_source_dir()+'"',
+  '-DELM_IMAGE_DATA_DIR="'+join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'data', 'elementary')+'"',
+  '-DELM_TEST_DATA_DIR="'+join_paths(meson.build_root(), 'data', 'elementary')+'"',
+  ]
+)
+
 test('elementary-suite', elementary_suite,
   env : test_env
 )
 
+test('efl-ui-suite', efl_ui_suite,
+  env : test_env
+)
 
 install_data(files(['testdiff.diff', 'testfile-windows.txt', 'testfile-withblanks.txt', 'testfile.txt']),
   install_dir : join_paths(dir_data, 'elementary')