diff --git a/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-0.6.1.ebuild b/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-0.6.1.ebuild
index 4ca7f7ae58..44927f1b23 100644
--- a/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-0.6.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-0.6.1.ebuild
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ src_configure() {
 
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
 		-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON
+		-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
 		-DJPEGXL_BUNDLE_SKCMS=OFF
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_COVERAGE=OFF
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_FUZZERS=OFF
diff --git a/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-9999.ebuild
index 9fbcd8beee..2330444013 100644
--- a/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-9999.ebuild
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON
+		-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_BENCHMARK=OFF
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_COVERAGE=OFF