diff --git a/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.39.2.ebuild b/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.39.2.ebuild
index 83f298094049f..bc28fd779dde4 100644
--- a/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.39.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.39.2.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0/1.14" # <C++>.<C> SONAMEs
 IUSE="cxx debug hpack-tools jemalloc libressl static-libs test +threads utils xml"
 
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
 SSL_DEPEND="
 	!libressl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2:0=[-bindist,${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
diff --git a/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.40.0.ebuild b/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.40.0.ebuild
index 6750a2a20d712..4600d9387e98c 100644
--- a/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.40.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.40.0.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0/1.14" # <C++>.<C> SONAMEs
 IUSE="cxx debug hpack-tools jemalloc libressl static-libs test +threads utils xml"
 
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
 SSL_DEPEND="
 	!libressl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2:0=[-bindist,${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
diff --git a/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-9999.ebuild b/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-9999.ebuild
index 6750a2a20d712..4600d9387e98c 100644
--- a/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-9999.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0/1.14" # <C++>.<C> SONAMEs
 IUSE="cxx debug hpack-tools jemalloc libressl static-libs test +threads utils xml"
 
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
 SSL_DEPEND="
 	!libressl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2:0=[-bindist,${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )