diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpmemobj-cpp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpmemobj-cpp/package.py
index 53906cb2ce2..443a79e5305 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpmemobj-cpp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpmemobj-cpp/package.py
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ class LibpmemobjCpp(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('pmdk@1.8:', when='@1.9:')
     depends_on('pmdk@1.7:', when='@1.8:')
     depends_on('pmdk@1.4:', when='@1.5:')
+
+    def cmake_args(self):
+        args = ['-DTESTS_USE_VALGRIND=OFF']
+        return args