diff --git a/test cases/frameworks/9 wxwidgets/meson.build b/test cases/frameworks/9 wxwidgets/meson.build
index 3160b94962a4..85a4c23d7b43 100644
--- a/test cases/frameworks/9 wxwidgets/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/frameworks/9 wxwidgets/meson.build	
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@ project('wxwidgets test', 'cpp', default_options : ['cpp_std=c++11'])
 wxd = dependency('wxwidgets', version : '>=5', required : false)
 wxd = dependency('wxwidgets', version : '>=3.0.0', required : false)
 
-if wxd.found()
-  wp = executable('wxprog', 'wxprog.cpp', dependencies : wxd)
+if not wxd.found()
+  error('MESON_SKIP_TEST: wxwidgets dependency not found')
+endif
 
-  test('wxtest', wp)
+wp = executable('wxprog', 'wxprog.cpp', dependencies : wxd)
 
-  # WxWidgets framework is available, we can use required here
-  wx_stc = dependency('wxwidgets', version : '>=3.0.0', modules : ['std', 'stc'])
-  stc_exe = executable('wxstc', 'wxstc.cpp', dependencies : wx_stc)
-  test('wxstctest', stc_exe)
+test('wxtest', wp)
 
-  # Check we can apply a version constraint
-  dependency('wxwidgets', version: '>=@0@'.format(wxd.version()))
+# WxWidgets framework is available, we can use required here
+wx_stc = dependency('wxwidgets', version : '>=3.0.0', modules : ['std', 'stc'])
+stc_exe = executable('wxstc', 'wxstc.cpp', dependencies : wx_stc)
+test('wxstctest', stc_exe)
 
-endif
+# Check we can apply a version constraint
+dependency('wxwidgets', version: '>=@0@'.format(wxd.version()))