diff --git a/test cases/java/9 jni/meson.build b/test cases/java/9 jni/meson.build
index 7a681659131f..a4051ad28093 100644
--- a/test cases/java/9 jni/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/java/9 jni/meson.build	
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ java = find_program('java')
 jni_dep = dependency('jni', version : '>=1.8', modules: ['jvm', 'awt'])
 
 # Assert that the header can actually be found with the dependency.
-cc.has_header('jni.h', dependencies: [jni_dep])
+cc.has_header('jni.h', dependencies: [jni_dep], required: true)
 # Assert that the platform-specific include directory is included in the compiler arguments.
-cc.has_header('jni_md.h', dependencies: [jni_dep])
+cc.has_header('jni_md.h', dependencies: [jni_dep], required: true)
 
 # generate native headers
 subdir('src')