diff --git a/gnu/packages/glicid.scm b/gnu/packages/glicid.scm
index ce67348..2de9c00 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glicid.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glicid.scm
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ in the @code{debug} output), and binutils.")))
     ( 
      substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments glicid-specific-hdf5)
        ((#:configure-flags flags)
-        ``("--enable-parallel"
+        ``("--enable-parallel" "--disable-tests"
            ,@(delete "--enable-cxx"
                      (delete "--enable-threadsafe" ,flags))))
        ((#:phases phases)