diff --git a/testing/ejabberd/APKBUILD b/testing/ejabberd/APKBUILD
index 8fb43ef3881d9d91992a500c4432067ff2c9437c..0b6c6983d227708b54673d4cdc8011185db594fd 100644
--- a/testing/ejabberd/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/ejabberd/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer: John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>
 pkgname=ejabberd
 pkgver=17.09
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="An erlang jabber server"
 url="https://www.ejabberd.im/"
 arch="all"
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ makedepends="$depends_dev $_erl_make_deps automake autoconf gd-dev
 pkgusers="ejabberd"
 pkggroups="ejabberd"
 install="$pkgname.pre-install"
+options="!check" # test suite requires all kinds of services running
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc $pkgname-openrc"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/processone/$pkgname/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz
 	https://github.com/processone/fast_tls/archive/1.0.7.tar.gz