diff --git a/test cases/common/44 pkgconfig-gen/meson.build b/test cases/common/44 pkgconfig-gen/meson.build
index 5e9141fae..128205a96 100644
--- a/test cases/common/44 pkgconfig-gen/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/common/44 pkgconfig-gen/meson.build	
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ answerlib = shared_library('answer', 'answer.c')
 pkgg.generate(answerlib,
   name : 'libanswer',
   description : 'An answer library.',
+  extra_cflags : ['-DLIBFOO'],
 )
 
 # Test that name_prefix='' and name='libfoo' results in '-lfoo'
diff --git a/unittests/allplatformstests.py b/unittests/allplatformstests.py
index 7437d7872..b176aa5d3 100644
--- a/unittests/allplatformstests.py
+++ b/unittests/allplatformstests.py
@@ -1592,10 +1592,10 @@ class AllPlatformTests(BasePlatformTests):
         os.environ['PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR'] = self.privatedir
         env = get_fake_env(testdir, self.builddir, self.prefix)
         kwargs = {'required': True, 'silent': True}
-        foo_dep = PkgConfigDependency('libfoo', env, kwargs)
+        foo_dep = PkgConfigDependency('libanswer', env, kwargs)
         # Ensure link_args are properly quoted
         libdir = PurePath(prefix) / PurePath(libdir)
-        link_args = ['-L' + libdir.as_posix(), '-lfoo', '-lanswer']
+        link_args = ['-L' + libdir.as_posix(), '-lanswer']
         self.assertEqual(foo_dep.get_link_args(), link_args)
         # Ensure include args are properly quoted
         incdir = PurePath(prefix) / PurePath('include')