diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/rapidjson/rapidjson_1.0.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/rapidjson/rapidjson_1.0.2.bb
index 1a9abc8bc6..dd6b896981 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/rapidjson/rapidjson_1.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/rapidjson/rapidjson_1.0.2.bb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit cmake
 
-EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_DOC=OFF"
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_DOC=OFF -DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"
 
 # RapidJSON is a header-only C++ library, so the main package will be empty.