diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index adaf6cf34de8bb2ec5476b305331bcab5d2f9b04..68dcf741638c396a0b91bc1415e545f6c47c7e2a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ compojure-clojure (1.6.0-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=normal
 
   [ Andreas Tille ]
   * Fix watch file
+  * d/rules: check DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS against nocheck
 
  -- Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>  Sat, 08 Jan 2022 17:53:52 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4aed610ef55300791753e7634df2d0badcf5d7ba..9d866a87ed75f6a8b874f9a473c3045d4b25f91e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ override_dh_installdocs:
 	dh_installdocs -XHISTORY
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
+ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	dh_auto_test
 	(cd test && find . -name "*.clj" | \
 		xargs clojure -cp $(CURDIR)/$(PRODUCED_JAR):$(CLASSPATH):$(TEST_CLASSPATH))
+endif