diff --git a/recipes-compliance/scap-security-guide/scap-security-guide_0.1.76.bb b/recipes-compliance/scap-security-guide/scap-security-guide_0.1.76.bb
index 73bd576..c91a5f9 100644
--- a/recipes-compliance/scap-security-guide/scap-security-guide_0.1.76.bb
+++ b/recipes-compliance/scap-security-guide/scap-security-guide_0.1.76.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ DEPENDS = "openscap-native python3-pyyaml-native python3-jinja2-native libxml2-n
 S = "${UNPACKDIR}/git"
 B = "${S}/build"
 
-inherit cmake pkgconfig python3native python3targetconfig ptest
+SSG_PTEST_ENABLED ?= "0"
+
+inherit cmake pkgconfig python3native python3targetconfig ${@bb.utils.contains('SSG_PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'ptest', '', d)}
 
 STAGING_OSCAP_BUILDDIR = "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/openscap/oscap-build-artifacts"
 export OSCAP_CPE_PATH="${STAGING_OSCAP_BUILDDIR}${datadir_native}/openscap/cpe"