diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 206d68659..7c8cc15ba 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ option('legacy-rtkit',
        description: 'Build legacy rtkit module',
        type: 'boolean',
        value: true)
+option('avb-virtual',
+       description: 'Enable AVB Virtual code for testing',
+       type: 'feature',
+       value: 'disabled')
 option('avb',
        description: 'Enable AVB code',
        type: 'feature',
diff --git a/src/tools/meson.build b/src/tools/meson.build
index c082f169f..8cc6b955d 100644
--- a/src/tools/meson.build
+++ b/src/tools/meson.build
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ if build_pw_cat
   summary({'Build pw-cat with FFmpeg integration': build_pw_cat_with_ffmpeg}, bool_yn: true, section: 'pw-cat/pw-play/pw-dump tool')
 endif
 
-build_avb_virtual = get_option('avb').require(
+build_avb_virtual = get_option('avb-virtual').require(
     host_machine.system() == 'linux',
     error_message: 'AVB support is only available on Linux'
 ).allowed()
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 55443bad3..de67ca70b 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ if valgrind.found()
                  timeout_multiplier : 3)
 endif
 
-if build_module_avb
+if build_avb_virtual
   avb_test_inc = [pwtest_inc, include_directories('../src/modules')]
   avb_module_sources = [
     '../src/modules/module-avb/avb.c',