diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ee882c5..1af6445 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ AS_CASE([$host_os],
 
   [darwin*], [
     build_wgl=no
-    build_apple=yes
     has_znow=no
     EPOXY_LINK_LIBS=""
   ],
@@ -177,11 +176,6 @@ if test x$build_wgl = xyes; then
     AC_DEFINE([BUILD_WGL], [1], [build WGL tests])
 fi
 
-AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_APPLE, test x$build_apple = xyes)
-if test x$build_apple = xyes; then
-    AC_DEFINE([BUILD_APPLE], [1], [build APPLE is apple (for testing)])
-fi
-
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAS_ZNOW, test x$has_znow = xyes)
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB([GLESv1_CM], [glFlush], [has_gles1=yes], [has_gles1=no])
@@ -190,6 +184,12 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAS_GLES1, test x$has_gles1 = xyes)
 AC_CHECK_LIB([dl], [dlopen], [DLOPEN_LIBS="-ldl"])
 AC_SUBST([DLOPEN_LIBS])
 
+savelibs=$LIBS
+LIBS=$DLOPEN_LIBS
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([dlvsym], [have_dlvsym=1], [have_dlvsym=0])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DLVSYM, test $have_dlvsym = 1)
+LIBS=$savelibs
+
 VISIBILITY_CFLAGS=""
 AS_CASE(["$host"],
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b2ebaef..ceac94f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -81,15 +81,12 @@ endif
 # The remaining platform specific API for GL/GLES are enabled
 # depending on the platform we're building for
 if host_system == 'windows'
-  build_apple = false
   build_wgl = true
   has_znow = true
 elif host_system == 'darwin'
-  build_apple = true
   build_wgl = false
   has_znow = false
 else
-  build_apple = false
   build_wgl = false
   has_znow = true
 endif
@@ -242,7 +239,10 @@ libepoxy_inc = [
 
 subdir('include/epoxy')
 subdir('src')
-subdir('test')
+
+if get_option('tests')
+  subdir('test')
+endif
 
 if get_option('docs')
   doxygen = find_program('doxygen', required: false)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index b5d7c98..dc30e68 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ option('x11',
        type: 'boolean',
        value: true,
        description: 'Enable X11 support (GLX or EGL-X11)')
+option('tests',
+       type: 'boolean',
+       value: true,
+       description: 'Build the test suite')
diff --git a/src/gen_dispatch.py b/src/gen_dispatch.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index d0c1a5d..1513099 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ endif
 
 if BUILD_EGL
 if BUILD_GLX
-if !BUILD_APPLE
+if HAVE_DLVSYM
 EGL_AND_GLX_TESTS = \
 	egl_gl \
 	egl_and_glx_different_pointers_egl_glx \
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ endif
 endif
 endif
 
-if !BUILD_APPLE
-GLX_NON_APPLE_TESTS = \
+if HAVE_DLVSYM
+GLX_DLVSYM_TESTS = \
 	glx_alias_prefer_same_name \
 	glx_gles2 \
         $()
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ GLX_TESTS = \
 	glx_has_extension_nocontext \
 	glx_static \
         $(GLX_SHARED_ZNOW) \
-        $(GLX_NON_APPLE_TESTS) \
+        $(GLX_DLVSYM_TESTS) \
 	$()
 
 GLX_UTIL_LIB = libglx_common.la
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index c5788b4..62f2f3d 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+dl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
+has_dlvsym = cc.has_function('dlvsym', dependencies: dl_dep)
+
 has_gles1 = gles1_dep.found()
 has_gles2 = gles2_dep.found()
 build_x11_tests = enable_x11 and x11_dep.found()
@@ -92,8 +95,8 @@ if build_glx
     [ 'glx_has_extension_nocontext', [ 'glx_has_extension_nocontext.c' ], [], [], true ],
     [ 'glx_static', [ 'glx_static.c' ], [ '-DNEEDS_TO_BE_STATIC'], [ '-static' ], libtype == 'static' ],
     [ 'glx_shared_znow', [ 'glx_static.c', ], [], [ '-Wl,-z,now' ], has_znow ],
-    [ 'glx_alias_prefer_same_name', [ 'glx_alias_prefer_same_name.c', 'dlwrap.c', 'dlwrap.h' ], [], [ '-rdynamic' ], not build_apple ],
-    [ 'glx_gles2', [ 'glx_gles2.c', 'dlwrap.c', 'dlwrap.h' ], [], [ '-rdynamic' ], not build_apple ],
+    [ 'glx_alias_prefer_same_name', [ 'glx_alias_prefer_same_name.c', 'dlwrap.c', 'dlwrap.h' ], [], [ '-rdynamic' ], has_dlvsym ],
+    [ 'glx_gles2', [ 'glx_gles2.c', 'dlwrap.c', 'dlwrap.h' ], [], [ '-rdynamic' ], has_dlvsym ],
   ]
 
   foreach test: glx_tests
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ if build_glx
     endif
   endforeach
 
-  if not build_apple
+  if has_dlvsym
     # GLX/EGL tests
     if build_egl
       glx_egl_sources = [