diff --git a/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ad9fb461..418ec1020 100644
--- a/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ if(HIGHFIVE_TEST_SINGLE_INCLUDES)
           continue()
         endif()
 
+        if(PUBLIC_HEADER STREQUAL "highfive/xtensor.hpp" AND NOT HIGHFIVE_TEST_XTENSOR)
+          continue()
+        endif()
+
         get_filename_component(CLASS_NAME ${PUBLIC_HEADER} NAME_WE)
         configure_file(tests_import_public_headers.cpp "tests_${CLASS_NAME}.cpp" @ONLY)
         add_executable("tests_include_${CLASS_NAME}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tests_${CLASS_NAME}.cpp")