diff --git a/package/netopeer2/netopeer2.mk b/package/netopeer2/netopeer2.mk
index c8b6763313..43f22b7e4c 100644
--- a/package/netopeer2/netopeer2.mk
+++ b/package/netopeer2/netopeer2.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ NETOPEER2_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 NETOPEER2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 NETOPEER2_DEPENDENCIES = libnetconf2 libyang sysrepo host-sysrepo
 
-NETOPEER2_CONF_OPTS = -DBUILD_CLI=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NETOPEER2_CLI),ON,OFF)
+NETOPEER2_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-DBUILD_CLI=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NETOPEER2_CLI),ON,OFF) \
+	-DENABLE_TESTS=OFF
 
 # Set a build specific SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX to ensure we can safely delete the
 # files. This also ensures that concurrent parallel builds will not be