diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 307b1d8ac4..70a59f51d9 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ my @disablables = (
     "ssl-trace",
     "static-engine",
     "stdio",
+    "tests",
     "threads",
     "tls",
     "ts",
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 086304389c..2007148160 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@
                    the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
                    tests will also be skipped.
 
+  no-tests
+                   Don't build test programs or run any test.
+
   no-threads
                    Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
                    applications.