diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4053024dad..ab4f229436 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1939,6 +1939,14 @@ configure_file(
   configuration: build_options_config,
 )
 
+# Development environments can be used via `meson devenv -C <builddir>`. This
+# allows you to execute test scripts directly with the built Git version and
+# puts the built version of Git in your PATH.
+devenv = environment()
+devenv.set('GIT_BUILD_DIR', meson.current_build_dir())
+devenv.prepend('PATH', meson.current_build_dir() / 'bin-wrappers')
+meson.add_devenv(devenv)
+
 summary({
   'curl': curl.found(),
   'expat': expat.found(),