diff --git a/ci/test-documentation.sh b/ci/test-documentation.sh
index 6c018b673e..49f87f50fd 100755
--- a/ci/test-documentation.sh
+++ b/ci/test-documentation.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ filter_log () {
 	    "$1"
 }
 
+check_docs () {
+	test -s "$1"/Documentation/git.html &&
+	test -s "$1"/Documentation/git.xml &&
+	test -s "$1"/Documentation/git.1 &&
+	grep "<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"$2 " "$1"/Documentation/git.html
+}
+
 make check-builtins
 make check-docs
 
@@ -23,10 +30,7 @@ make doc > >(tee stdout.log) 2> >(tee stderr.raw >&2)
 cat stderr.raw
 filter_log stderr.raw >stderr.log
 test ! -s stderr.log
-test -s Documentation/git.html
-test -s Documentation/git.xml
-test -s Documentation/git.1
-grep '<meta name="generator" content="AsciiDoc ' Documentation/git.html
+check_docs . AsciiDoc
 
 rm -f stdout.log stderr.log stderr.raw
 check_unignored_build_artifacts
@@ -37,10 +41,21 @@ make USE_ASCIIDOCTOR=1 doc > >(tee stdout.log) 2> >(tee stderr.raw >&2)
 cat stderr.raw
 filter_log stderr.raw >stderr.log
 test ! -s stderr.log
-test -s Documentation/git.html
-grep '<meta name="generator" content="Asciidoctor ' Documentation/git.html
+check_docs . Asciidoctor
 
 rm -f stdout.log stderr.log stderr.raw
 check_unignored_build_artifacts
 
+# Build docs with Meson and AsciiDoc
+meson setup build-asciidoc -Ddocs=html,man -Ddocs_backend=asciidoc
+meson compile -C build-asciidoc
+check_docs build-asciidoc AsciiDoc
+rm -rf build-asciidoc
+
+# Build docs with Meson and AsciiDoctor
+meson setup build-asciidoctor -Ddocs=html,man -Ddocs_backend=asciidoctor
+meson compile -C build-asciidoctor
+check_docs build-asciidoctor Asciidoctor
+rm -rf build-asciidoctor
+
 save_good_tree