diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kio/kio.bb b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kio/kio.bb
index d35c067c..ccaf1388 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kio/kio.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kio/kio.bb
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     krb5 \
 "
 
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
+
 do_configure:append() {
     # fix sysroot path
     sed -i 's:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:${bindir}:g' ${B}/src/ioslaves/help/config-help.h