diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f3f7b9c191..f025623bab 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ project('qemu', ['c'], meson_version: '>=0.58.2',
                           'b_staticpic=false', 'stdsplit=false'],
         version: files('VERSION'))
 
-add_test_setup('quick', exclude_suites: ['slow', 'thorough'], is_default: true)
-add_test_setup('slow', exclude_suites: ['thorough'], env: ['G_TEST_SLOW=1', 'SPEED=slow'])
-add_test_setup('thorough', env: ['G_TEST_SLOW=1', 'SPEED=thorough'])
+add_test_setup('quick', exclude_suites: ['block', 'slow', 'thorough'], is_default: true)
+add_test_setup('slow', exclude_suites: ['block', 'thorough'], env: ['G_TEST_SLOW=1', 'SPEED=slow'])
+add_test_setup('thorough', exclude_suites: ['block'], env: ['G_TEST_SLOW=1', 'SPEED=thorough'])
 
 not_found = dependency('', required: false)
 keyval = import('keyval')
diff --git a/scripts/mtest2make.py b/scripts/mtest2make.py
index 4b9c561b30..4d542e8aaa 100644
--- a/scripts/mtest2make.py
+++ b/scripts/mtest2make.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def emit_prolog(suites, prefix):
     print(f'{prefix}-report.junit.xml $(all-{prefix}-xml): {prefix}-report%.junit.xml: run-ninja')
     print(f'\t$(MAKE) {prefix}$* MTESTARGS="$(MTESTARGS) --logbase {prefix}-report$*" && ln -f meson-logs/$@ .')
 
-def emit_suite(name, suite, prefix):
+def emit_suite_deps(name, suite, prefix):
     deps = ' '.join(suite.deps)
     targets = f'{prefix}-{name} {prefix}-report-{name}.junit.xml {prefix} {prefix}-report.junit.xml'
     print()
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ def emit_suite(name, suite, prefix):
     print(f'ifneq ($(filter {prefix}-build {targets}, $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)')
     print(f'.{prefix}.build-suites += {name}')
     print(f'endif')
+
+def emit_suite(name, suite, prefix):
+    emit_suite_deps(name, suite, prefix)
+    targets = f'{prefix}-{name} {prefix}-report-{name}.junit.xml {prefix} {prefix}-report.junit.xml'
     print(f'ifneq ($(filter {targets}, $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)')
     print(f'.{prefix}.mtest-suites += ' + ' '.join(suite.names(name)))
     print(f'endif')
@@ -97,6 +101,10 @@ targets = {t['id']: [os.path.relpath(f) for f in t['filename']]
 testsuites = defaultdict(Suite)
 for test in introspect['tests']:
     process_tests(test, targets, testsuites)
+# HACK: check-block is a separate target so that it runs with --verbose;
+# only write the dependencies
+emit_suite_deps('block', testsuites['block'], 'check')
+del testsuites['block']
 emit_prolog(testsuites, 'check')
 for name, suite in testsuites.items():
     emit_suite(name, suite, 'check')
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 3aba622400..9157a57b1a 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -156,19 +156,9 @@ check:
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_TOOLS)$(CONFIG_POSIX),yy)
 check: check-block
-export PYTHON
-
-ifneq ($(filter check check-block check-build, $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-ninja-cmd-goals += \
-	qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
-	qemu-io$(EXESUF) \
-	qemu-nbd$(EXESUF) \
-	storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon$(EXESUF) \
-	$(filter qemu-system-%, $(ninja-targets))
-endif
-
-check-block: $(SRC_PATH)/tests/check-block.sh run-ninja
-	@$<
+check-block: run-ninja
+	$(if $(MAKE.n),,+)$(MESON) test $(MTESTARGS) $(.mtestargs) --verbose \
+		--logbase iotestslog $(call .speed.$(SPEED), block block-slow block-thorough)
 endif
 
 check-build: run-ninja
diff --git a/tests/check-block.sh b/tests/check-block.sh
index d98d49ad63..9afeea5275 100755
--- a/tests/check-block.sh
+++ b/tests/check-block.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Honor the SPEED environment variable, just like we do it for the qtests.
+# Honor the SPEED environment variable, just like we do it for "meson test"
 if [ "$SPEED" = "slow" ]; then
     format_list="raw qcow2"
     group=
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ if [ "$#" -ne 0 ]; then
     format_list="$@"
 fi
 
+skip() {
+    echo "$*"
+    exit 77
+}
+
 if grep -q "CONFIG_GPROF=y" config-host.mak 2>/dev/null ; then
-    echo "GPROF is enabled ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
-    exit 0
+    skip "GPROF is enabled ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
 fi
 
 # Disable tests with any sanitizer except for specific ones
@@ -36,36 +40,30 @@ for j in ${ALLOWED_SANITIZE_FLAGS}; do
 done
 if echo ${SANITIZE_FLAGS} | grep -q "\-fsanitize" 2>/dev/null; then
     # Have a sanitize flag that is not allowed, stop
-    echo "Sanitizers are enabled ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
-    exit 0
+    skip "Sanitizers are enabled ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$(find . -name 'qemu-system-*' -print)" ]; then
-    echo "No qemu-system binary available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
-    exit 0
+    skip "No qemu-system binary available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
 fi
 
 if ! command -v bash >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-    echo "bash not available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
-    exit 0
+    skip "bash not available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
 fi
 
 if LANG=C bash --version | grep -q 'GNU bash, version [123]' ; then
-    echo "bash version too old ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
-    exit 0
+    skip "bash version too old ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
 fi
 
 if ! (sed --version | grep 'GNU sed') > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     if ! command -v gsed >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "GNU sed not available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
-        exit 0
+        skip "GNU sed not available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
     fi
 else
     # Double-check that we're not using BusyBox' sed which says
     # that "This is not GNU sed version 4.0" ...
     if sed --version | grep -q 'not GNU sed' ; then
-        echo "BusyBox sed not supported ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
-        exit 0
+        skip "BusyBox sed not supported ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 3f3882748a..d5e168d714 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 py3 = import('python').find_installation()
 
 subdir('bench')
+subdir('qemu-iotests')
 
 test_qapi_outputs = [
   'qapi-builtin-types.c',
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/meson.build b/tests/qemu-iotests/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a9425d15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+if have_tools and targetos != 'windows'
+  qemu_iotests_binaries = [qemu_img, qemu_io, qemu_nbd, qsd]
+  qemu_iotests_env = {'PYTHON': python.full_path()}
+  qemu_iotests_formats = {
+    'qcow2': 'quick',
+    'raw': 'slow',
+    'qed': 'thorough',
+    'vmdk': 'thorough',
+    'vpc': 'thorough'
+  }
+
+  foreach k, v : emulators
+    if k.startswith('qemu-system-')
+      qemu_iotests_binaries += v
+    endif
+  endforeach
+  foreach format, speed: qemu_iotests_formats
+    if speed == 'quick'
+      suites = 'block'
+    else
+      suites = ['block-' + speed, speed]
+    endif
+    test('qemu-iotests ' + format, sh, args: [files('../check-block.sh'), format],
+         depends: qemu_iotests_binaries, env: qemu_iotests_env,
+         suite: suites,
+         timeout: 0,
+         is_parallel: false)
+  endforeach
+endif