diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/fmt/fmt_11.1.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/fmt/fmt_11.1.1.bb
index a99a377ad4a..19888366a4e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/fmt/fmt_11.1.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/fmt/fmt_11.1.1.bb
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ inherit cmake
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
 
+# The tests fail to compile on ubuntu 20.04 in fmt 11.1, so disable building
+# them as we don't run them.
+# https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/issues/4313
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DFMT_TEST=OFF"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"