diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/recipetool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/recipetool.py
index 7bfb02f161..4344f9fdeb 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/recipetool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/recipetool.py
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ class RecipetoolTests(RecipetoolBase):
         temprecipe = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'recipe')
         os.makedirs(temprecipe)
         recipefile = os.path.join(temprecipe, 'meson_git.bb')
-        srcuri = 'https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson'
-        result = runCmd('recipetool create -o %s %s' % (temprecipe, srcuri))
+        srcuri = 'https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson;rev=0.32.0'
+        result = runCmd(['recipetool', 'create', '-o', temprecipe, srcuri])
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(recipefile))
         checkvars = {}
         checkvars['LICENSE'] = set(['Apache-2.0'])