diff --git a/.builds/freebsd.yml b/.builds/freebsd.yml
index 546df0979a..47b333544d 100644
--- a/.builds/freebsd.yml
+++ b/.builds/freebsd.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sources:
 tasks:
   - setup: |
       cd picom
-      CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" meson -Dunittest=true build
+      CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" meson setup -Dunittest=true build
   - build: |
       cd picom
       ninja -C build
diff --git a/.builds/openbsd.yml b/.builds/openbsd.yml
index d73c57692a..c8e667e114 100644
--- a/.builds/openbsd.yml
+++ b/.builds/openbsd.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sources:
 tasks:
   - setup: |
       cd picom
-      CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" meson -Dunittest=true build
+      CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" meson setup -Dunittest=true build
   - build: |
       cd picom
       ninja -C build
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bed676bf7c..36ecc504b5 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ commands:
             - ".git"
       - run:
           name: config
-          command: CC=<< parameters.cc >> meson << parameters.build-config >> -Dunittest=true --werror . build
+          command: CC=<< parameters.cc >> meson setup << parameters.build-config >> -Dunittest=true --werror . build
       - run:
           name: build
           command: ninja -vC build