diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 89c76e4..c203b2c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ override_dh_installexamples:
 	mkdir -p $(sampledir_lib)/src/
 	mkdir -p $(sampledir_lib)/easel/miniapps/
 	find ./src -name "*test" -exec cp \{\} $(sampledir_lib)/src/ \;
+ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	cp ./src/itest_brute $(sampledir_lib)/src/
+endif
 	cp ./easel/miniapps/esl-reformat $(sampledir_lib)/easel/miniapps/
 	cp ./easel/miniapps/esl-shuffle $(sampledir_lib)/easel/miniapps/
 	cp ./easel/miniapps/esl-sfetch $(sampledir_lib)/easel/miniapps/