diff --git a/stdeb.cfg b/stdeb.cfg
index f5421069..2027d18c 100644
--- a/stdeb.cfg
+++ b/stdeb.cfg
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ Depends: openssl, python-setuptools
 Recommends: apparmor, python-msgpack, python-qt4, python-stem, tor
 Suggests: python-pyopencl, python-jsonrpclib, python-defusedxml, python-qrcode
 Suite: bionic
+Setup-Env-Vars: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck