diff --git a/BUILD/build_deb_local.sh b/BUILD/build_deb_local.sh
index d918dec3d..6bfff2ed4 100755
--- a/BUILD/build_deb_local.sh
+++ b/BUILD/build_deb_local.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cmake ..  $cmake_flags
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/log_manager:$PWD/query_classifier
 make || exit 1
 
-if [[ "$cmake_flags" =~ "BUILD_TESTS" ]]
+if [[ "$cmake_flags" =~ "BUILD_TESTS=Y" ]]
 then
     # We don't care about memory leaks in the tests (e.g. servers are never freed)
     export ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0
diff --git a/BUILD/build_rpm_local.sh b/BUILD/build_rpm_local.sh
index 7ac692532..a0a092d97 100755
--- a/BUILD/build_rpm_local.sh
+++ b/BUILD/build_rpm_local.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cd _build
 cmake ..  $cmake_flags
 make || exit 1
 
-if [[ "$cmake_flags" =~ "BUILD_TESTS" ]]
+if [[ "$cmake_flags" =~ "BUILD_TESTS=Y" ]]
 then
     # We don't care about memory leaks in the tests (e.g. servers are never freed)
     export ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0