diff --git a/classes/catkin.bbclass b/classes/catkin.bbclass
index a334141..5a515d9 100644
--- a/classes/catkin.bbclass
+++ b/classes/catkin.bbclass
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE_prepend = "\
     ${EXTRA_OECMAKE_CATKIN} \
     -DCATKIN_BUILD_BINARY_PACKAGE=ON \
     -DSETUPTOOLS_DEB_LAYOUT=OFF \
+    -DCATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING=0 \
     "
 
 OECMAKE_SOURCEPATH = "${S}"