diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 7c82911bd7a4ddc53c228e8247dddd704dbe9b76..51084f4d0cf7776fa4aea4279f7fd50f6cf5152c 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ fn build_tarantool() {
 
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&build_dir).expect("failed creating build directory");
     let dst = cmake::Config::new("tarantool-sys/static-build")
-        .define("CMAKE_TARANTOOL_ARGS", "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo")
+        .define(
+            "CMAKE_TARANTOOL_ARGS",
+            "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBUILD_TESTING=FALSE",
+        )
         .build_target("tarantool")
         .out_dir(build_dir)
         .build();