diff --git a/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt b/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c3e2928f1..901d26436 100644
--- a/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ add_subdirectory(simulation)
 add_subdirectory(storage)
 add_subdirectory(thirdparty/qcustomplot)
 add_subdirectory(thirdparty/maxlibqt/src/widgets)
+
+set(YAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable testing" FORCE)
 add_subdirectory(thirdparty/yaml-cpp)
 
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