diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ba51886..38dd602 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+# Disable tests
+export PYBUILD_DISABLE=test/python3.5
+
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
 
@@ -10,4 +13,4 @@ override_dh_installchanglogs:
 	dh_installchangeslogs NEWS
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
-	LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 dh_auto_install
\ No newline at end of file
+	LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 dh_auto_install