diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8beae9f51..cce1a76d0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP="$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"
 unset PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
 PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP"
 
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --disable-shared --with-pic --enable-benchmark=no --enable-module-recovery"
+ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --disable-shared --with-pic --enable-benchmark=no --enable-module-recovery --disable-openssl-tests"
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/secp256k1 src/univalue])
 
 AC_OUTPUT