diff --git a/main/weechat/APKBUILD b/main/weechat/APKBUILD
index b4aa7e374f2..cae81b8b0f5 100644
--- a/main/weechat/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/weechat/APKBUILD
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="A fast, light, extensible ncurses-based chat client"
 url="http://www.weechat.org"
 arch="all"
+options="!check" # test suite runs "sudo make install"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 depends_dev="cmake libintl ncurses-dev gnutls-dev libgcrypt-dev curl-dev
 	aspell-dev lua-dev perl-dev python2-dev ruby-dev zlib-dev"