diff --git a/lib/kunit/test.c b/lib/kunit/test.c
index 3bca3bf5c15b..c47bc34b97c0 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/test.c
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ void __kunit_fail_current_test(const char *file, int line, const char *fmt, ...)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kunit_fail_current_test);
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Enable KUnit tests to run.
+ */
+static bool enable_param;
+module_param_named(enable, enable_param, bool, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "Enable KUnit tests to run");
+
 /*
  * KUnit statistic mode:
  * 0 - disabled
@@ -568,6 +575,12 @@ int __kunit_test_suites_init(struct kunit_suite * const * const suites)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (!enable_param) {
+		pr_info("kunit: deactivated, cannot load %s\n",
+				suites != NULL ? suites[0]->name : "NULL");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; suites[i] != NULL; i++) {
 		kunit_init_suite(suites[i]);
 		kunit_run_tests(suites[i]);
@@ -585,6 +598,9 @@ void __kunit_test_suites_exit(struct kunit_suite **suites)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (!enable_param)
+		return;
+
 	for (i = 0; suites[i] != NULL; i++)
 		kunit_exit_suite(suites[i]);