diff --git a/.ci/ci-configure.sh b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
index 4af6763576..146b9b6eb0 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-configure.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
     --env CXX="ccache g++" --env CFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" --env CXXFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" \
     $(cat $HOME/cid) ./autogen.sh $OPTS
 else
-  OSX_COPTS="--disable-cxx-bindings -C"
+  OSX_COPTS="--disable-cxx-bindings --with-tests=regular -C"
 
   # Prepare OSX env for build
   mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents