diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 38486c9..c567613 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
   prefix = get_option('prefix')
   datadir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('datadir'))
   libexecdir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('libexecdir'))
-  installed_test_bindir = join_paths(libexecdir, 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
-  installed_test_datadir = join_paths(datadir, 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
+  installed_test_bindir = join_paths(get_option('installed_test_prefix'), 'libexec', 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
+  installed_test_datadir = join_paths(get_option('installed_test_prefix'), 'share', 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
 endif
 
 gio = dependency('gio-2.0', version : '>= 2.45.8')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 27e8cb6..74548ae 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 option('introspection', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'generate GObject Introspection data')
 option('tests', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'enable tests')
 option('stemmer', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'enable stemmer support')
+option('installed_test_prefix', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Prefix for installed tests')