diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ae566fd..9f84bd9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -30,5 +30,8 @@ execute_after_dh_auto_install:
 	# removing unused files
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/info/dir*
 
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	# disabled: incomplete upstream testsuite
+
 override_dh_missing:
 	dh_missing --fail-missing