diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0b27285da03..63c358194d8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ userspace_c_ld_args = []
 meson_build_sh = find_program('tools/meson-build.sh')
 
 want_tests = get_option('tests')
-slow_tests = want_tests != 'false' and get_option('slow-tests')
-fuzz_tests = want_tests != 'false' and get_option('fuzz-tests')
-integration_tests = want_tests != 'false' and get_option('integration-tests')
+want_slow_tests = want_tests != 'false' and get_option('slow-tests')
+want_fuzz_tests = want_tests != 'false' and get_option('fuzz-tests')
+want_integration_tests = want_tests != 'false' and get_option('integration-tests')
 install_tests = want_tests != 'false' and get_option('install-tests')
 
 if add_languages('cpp', native : false, required : fuzzer_build)
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ conf.set10('ENABLE_TIMEDATECTL', get_option('timedated') or get_option('timesync
 conf.set10('ENABLE_SSH_PROXY_CONFIG', sshconfdir != 'no')
 conf.set10('ENABLE_SSH_USERDB_CONFIG', conf.get('ENABLE_USERDB') == 1 and sshdconfdir != 'no')
 
-conf.set10('SYSTEMD_SLOW_TESTS_DEFAULT', slow_tests)
+conf.set10('SYSTEMD_SLOW_TESTS_DEFAULT', want_slow_tests)
 
 #####################################################################
 
@@ -2594,7 +2594,7 @@ endif
 #####################################################################
 
 mkosi = find_program('mkosi', required : false)
-if integration_tests and not mkosi.found()
+if want_integration_tests and not mkosi.found()
         error('Could not find mkosi which is required to run the integration tests')
 endif
 
@@ -2729,7 +2729,7 @@ foreach tuple : fuzz_sanitizers
                                 message('Not compiling @0@ because tests is set to false'.format(name))
                                 continue
                         endif
-                        if not fuzz_tests
+                        if not want_fuzz_tests
                                 message('Not compiling @0@ because fuzz-tests is set to false'.format(name))
                                 continue
                         endif
@@ -3028,8 +3028,8 @@ foreach tuple : [
         ['debug mmap cache'],
         ['debug siphash'],
         ['trace logging',          conf.get('LOG_TRACE') == 1],
-        ['slow tests',             slow_tests],
-        ['fuzz tests',             fuzz_tests],
+        ['slow tests',             want_slow_tests],
+        ['fuzz tests',             want_fuzz_tests],
         ['install tests',          install_tests],
         ['link-udev-shared',       get_option('link-udev-shared')],
         ['link-systemctl-shared',  get_option('link-systemctl-shared')],
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index a452021f626..3abbb94d9fb 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ test_env = environment()
 test_env.set('SYSTEMD_LANGUAGE_FALLBACK_MAP', language_fallback_map)
 test_env.set('PATH', project_build_root + ':' + path)
 test_env.set('PROJECT_BUILD_ROOT', project_build_root)
-test_env.set('SYSTEMD_SLOW_TESTS', slow_tests ? '1' : '0')
-test_env.set('SYSTEMD_INTEGRATION_TESTS', integration_tests ? '1' : '0')
+test_env.set('SYSTEMD_SLOW_TESTS', want_slow_tests ? '1' : '0')
 
 if efi_addon != ''
         test_env.set('EFI_ADDON', efi_addon)
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index c4f4057e594..f93137c07a1 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -431,12 +431,18 @@ foreach test_number, dirname : integration_tests
                 '--',
         ] + test_params['mkosi_args']
 
+        integration_test_env = {}
+
+        if want_integration_tests
+                integration_test_env = {'SYSTEMD_INTEGRATION_TESTS': '1'}
+        endif
+
         # We don't explicitly depend on the "mkosi" target because that means the image is rebuilt
         # on every "ninja -C build". Instead, the mkosi target has to be rebuilt manually before
         # running the integration tests with mkosi.
         test(dirname,
              integration_test_wrapper,
-             env : test_env,
+             env : integration_test_env,
              args : args,
              timeout : test_params['timeout'],
              suite : 'integration-tests')