diff --git a/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml b/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
index 39540941c..f86b40429 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - NAME: gccx64ninja
             ARCH: x86_64
+    env:
+      MESON_CI_JOBNAME: cygwin-${{ matrix.NAME }}
 
     steps:
       # cache should be saved on failure, but the action doesn't support that
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index c7ef7d3bf..df303717a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -43,8 +43,18 @@ jobs:
   project-tests-appleclang:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        unity: ["on", "off"]
+        include:
+        - NAME: macos-clang
+          unity: off
+        - NAME: macos-clang-unity
+          unity: on
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.NAME }}
+    env:
+      MESON_CI_JOBNAME: ${{ matrix.NAME }}
+
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     # use python3 from homebrew because it is a valid framework, unlike the actions one:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/msys2.yml b/.github/workflows/msys2.yml
index 64a09792b..4a35b0a64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/msys2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/msys2.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
             MSYS2_CURSES:
             COMPILER: clang
             TOOLCHAIN: clang
+    env:
+      MESON_CI_JOBNAME: msys2-${{ matrix.NAME }}
 
     defaults:
       run:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nonative.yml b/.github/workflows/nonative.yml
index c4bad9531..d6bdfa6de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nonative.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nonative.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
   cross-only-armhf:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: mesonbuild/eoan:latest
+    env:
+      MESON_CI_JOBNAME: ubuntu-${{ github.job }}
+
     steps:
     - run: |
         apt-get -y purge clang gcc gdc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unusedargs_missingreturn.yml b/.github/workflows/unusedargs_missingreturn.yml
index 8e6e42de1..7b4379bf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unusedargs_missingreturn.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unusedargs_missingreturn.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt install -yq --no-install-recommends g++ gfortran ninja-build gobjc gobjc++
         python -m pip install coverage codecov
     - run: ./tools/run_with_cov.py run_project_tests.py --only cmake common fortran platform-linux "objective c" "objective c++"
+      env:
+        MESON_CI_JOBNAME: linux-ubuntu-gcc-werror
     - name: Upload coverage report
       run: ./ci/upload_cov.sh "UnusedMissingReturn"
 
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         CC: gcc
         CXX: g++
         FC: gfortran
+        MESON_CI_JOBNAME: msys2-gcc-werror
 
     - name: Upload coverage report
       run: ./ci/upload_cov.sh "UnusedMissingReturn Windows"
diff --git a/ci/azure-steps.yml b/ci/azure-steps.yml
index 233bbfa36..8aba2242d 100644
--- a/ci/azure-steps.yml
+++ b/ci/azure-steps.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ steps:
   inputs:
     targetType: 'filePath'
     filePath: .\ci\run.ps1
+  env:
+    MESON_CI_JOBNAME: azure-$(System.JobName)
 
 - task: PublishTestResults@2
   inputs: