diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-gfortran-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-gfortran-latest.yml
index 59f87ef9dea..ae952f86670 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-gfortran-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-gfortran-latest.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           meson install -C builddir
 
+      - name: Test modflow installation
+        run: |
+          meson test --verbose --no-rebuild -C builddir
+
       - name: Get executables
         working-directory: autotest
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-gfortran-previous.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-gfortran-previous.yml
index 1fe237ad166..e476d90049b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-gfortran-previous.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-gfortran-previous.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           meson install -C builddir
 
+      - name: Test modflow installation
+        run: |
+          meson test --verbose --no-rebuild -C builddir
+
       - name: Get executables
         working-directory: autotest
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-ifort.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-ifort.yml
index 990c1578017..494c0d35af6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-ifort.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-ifort.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           meson setup builddir -Ddebug=false --prefix=$(pwd) --libdir=bin
           meson install -C builddir
+          meson test --verbose --no-rebuild -C builddir
           cd autotest
           pytest -v --durations=0 get_exes.py
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           
           meson setup builddir -Ddebug=false --prefix=$(pwd) --libdir=bin
           meson install -C builddir
+          meson test --verbose --no-rebuild -C builddir
           cd autotest
           pytest -v --durations=0 get_exes.py
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 79e0a18c449..1fd28f862f3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -96,3 +96,8 @@ subdir('utils')
 
 # add unit test directory
 # subdir('unittests')
+
+# meson tests to evaluate installation success
+test('Test installation version', mf6exe, args : ['-v',])
+test('Test installation compiler', mf6exe, args : ['-c',])
+test('Test installation help', mf6exe, args : ['-h',])
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index b79b4ac2230..83238eaacb0 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -175,4 +175,4 @@ mf6_external = static_library('mf6_external', external_libraries)
 
 mf6core = static_library('mf6core', modflow_sources, link_with: [mf6_external])
 
-executable('mf6', 'mf6.f90', link_with: [mf6core], install: true)
+mf6exe = executable('mf6', 'mf6.f90', link_with: [mf6core], install: true)