diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
index 514d3b6c30..a992e5706c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ class FormulaCreator
       <% if mode == :cmake %>
         depends_on "cmake" => :build
       <% elsif mode == :meson %>
-        depends_on "meson" => :build
+        depends_on "meson-internal" => :build
         depends_on "ninja" => :build
+        depends_on "python" => :build
       <% elsif mode.nil? %>
         # depends_on "cmake" => :build
       <% end %>
@@ -202,10 +203,11 @@ class FormulaCreator
                                 "--disable-silent-rules",
                                 "--prefix=\#{prefix}"
       <% elsif mode == :meson %>
+          ENV.refurbish_args
+
           mkdir "build" do
             system "meson", "--prefix=\#{prefix}", ".."
             system "ninja"
-            system "ninja", "test"
             system "ninja", "install"
           end
       <% else %>