diff --git a/package/netdata/netdata.mk b/package/netdata/netdata.mk
index d66a9602e2..34365cbf56 100644
--- a/package/netdata/netdata.mk
+++ b/package/netdata/netdata.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ NETDATA_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 NETDATA_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 # netdata's source code is released without a generated configure script
 NETDATA_AUTORECONF = YES
-NETDATA_CONF_OPTS = --disable-dbengine
+NETDATA_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--disable-dbengine \
+	--disable-unit-tests
 NETDATA_DEPENDENCIES = libuv util-linux zlib
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_LTO),y)