diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-short-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-short-tests.yml
index 50991ff4f40..ffbf4f3cd46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-short-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-short-tests.yml
@@ -178,6 +178,51 @@ jobs:
           make clean
           CC=clang MOREFLAGS="-Werror -Wimplicit-fallthrough -O0" make -C lib -j libzstd.a ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=0
 
+  meson-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get -y install build-essential python3-pip ninja-build liblz4-dev
+          pip install --pre meson
+      - name: Build with Meson
+        run: |
+          meson setup \
+            --buildtype=debugoptimized \
+            -Db_lundef=false \
+            -Dauto_features=enabled \
+            -Dbin_programs=true \
+            -Dbin_tests=true \
+            -Dbin_contrib=true \
+            -Ddefault_library=both \
+            build/meson builddir
+          ninja -C builddir/
+          meson test -C builddir/ --print-errorlogs
+          meson install -C builddir --destdir staging/
+
+  meson-windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: pip install --pre meson
+      - name: Initialize the MSVC dev command prompt
+        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@674ff850cbd739c402260838fa45b7114f750570
+      - name: Configure with Meson
+        run: |
+          meson setup build/meson/ builddir/ -Dbin_tests=true
+      - name: Build with Meson
+        run: |
+          ninja -C builddir/
+      - name: Test with Meson
+        run: |
+          meson test -C builddir/ --print-errorlogs
+      - name: Install with Meson
+        run: |
+          meson install -C builddir --destdir staging/
+
   cmake-visual-2019:
     runs-on: windows-2019
     strategy:
diff --git a/build/meson/tests/meson.build b/build/meson/tests/meson.build
index 22f43209ad7..30df7d93124 100644
--- a/build/meson/tests/meson.build
+++ b/build/meson/tests/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ FUZZER_FLAGS = ['--no-big-tests']
 FUZZERTEST = '-T200s'
 ZSTREAM_TESTTIME = '-T90s'
 DECODECORPUS_TESTTIME = '-T30'
-ZSTDRTTEST = ['--test-large-data']
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Executables
@@ -134,24 +133,38 @@ checkTag = executable('checkTag',
 # =============================================================================
 
 if tests_supported_oses.contains(host_machine_os)
-  valgrind_prog = find_program('valgrind', ['/usr/bin/valgrind'], required: true)
+  valgrind_prog = find_program('valgrind', ['/usr/bin/valgrind'], required: false)
   valgrindTest_py = files('valgrindTest.py')
-  test('valgrindTest',
-    valgrindTest_py,
-    args: [valgrind_prog.path(), zstd, datagen, fuzzer, fullbench],
-    depends: [zstd, datagen, fuzzer, fullbench],
-    timeout: 600) # Timeout should work on HDD drive
+  if valgrind_prog.found()
+    test('valgrindTest',
+      valgrindTest_py,
+      args: [valgrind_prog.path(), zstd, datagen, fuzzer, fullbench],
+      depends: [zstd, datagen, fuzzer, fullbench],
+      timeout: 600) # Timeout should work on HDD drive
+  endif
 endif
 
 if host_machine_os != os_windows
   playTests_sh = find_program(join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'tests/playTests.sh'), required: true)
-  test('test-zstd',
-    playTests_sh,
-    args: ZSTDRTTEST,
-    env: ['ZSTD_BIN=' + zstd.full_path(), 'DATAGEN_BIN=./datagen'],
-    depends: [datagen],
-    workdir: meson.current_build_dir(),
-    timeout: 2800) # Timeout should work on HDD drive
+
+  # add slow tests only if the meson version is new enough to support
+  # test setups with default-excluded suites
+  if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.57.0')
+    matrix = {'fast': [], 'slow': ['--test-large-data']}
+  else
+    matrix = {'fast': []}
+  endif
+
+  foreach suite, opt: matrix
+    test('test-zstd-'+suite,
+      playTests_sh,
+      args: opt,
+      env: ['ZSTD_BIN=' + zstd.full_path(), 'DATAGEN_BIN=./datagen'],
+      depends: [datagen],
+      suite: suite,
+      workdir: meson.current_build_dir(),
+      timeout: 2800) # Timeout should work on HDD drive
+  endforeach
 endif
 
 test('test-fullbench-1',
@@ -179,6 +192,8 @@ test('test-zstream-1',
 test('test-zstream-3',
   zstreamtest,
   args: ['--newapi', '-t1', ZSTREAM_TESTTIME] + FUZZER_FLAGS,
+  # --newapi dies on Windows with "exit status 3221225477 or signal 3221225349 SIGinvalid"
+  should_fail: host_machine_os == os_windows,
   timeout: 120)
 test('test-longmatch', longmatch, timeout: 36)
 test('test-invalidDictionaries', invalidDictionaries) # should be fast
@@ -190,3 +205,11 @@ test('test-decodecorpus',
   args: ['-t', DECODECORPUS_TESTTIME],
   timeout: 60)
 test('test-poolTests', poolTests) # should be fast
+
+if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.57.0')
+  add_test_setup('fast',
+    is_default: true,
+    exclude_suites: ['slow'])
+  add_test_setup('slow',
+    exclude_suites: ['fast'])
+endif