diff --git a/src/iceberg/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/iceberg/test/CMakeLists.txt
index e18b63d5c..2d56d7f35 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/iceberg/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 
 set(CMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR FALSE)
 
+set(INSTALL_GTEST
+    OFF
+    CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
 fetchcontent_declare(googletest
                      GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
                      GIT_TAG b514bdc898e2951020cbdca1304b75f5950d1f59 # release-1.15.2