diff --git a/contrib/jenkins_amd64.sh b/contrib/jenkins_amd64.sh
index c3af378..cd7b666 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins_amd64.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins_amd64.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
     prep_build "$src_dir" "$build_dir"
 
-    "$src_dir"/configure  --disable-silent-rules --enable-static $ENABLE_SANITIZE --enable-werror
+    "$src_dir"/configure  --disable-silent-rules --enable-static $ENABLE_SANITIZE --enable-werror \
+        --enable-external-tests
 
     run_make
 }
diff --git a/contrib/jenkins_arm.sh b/contrib/jenkins_arm.sh
index 1d72f2f..e3a6cd1 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins_arm.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins_arm.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	--enable-embedded \
 	--disable-doxygen \
 	--disable-shared \
+	--enable-external-tests \
 	CFLAGS="-Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs $WERROR_FLAGS"
 
     $MAKE $PARALLEL_MAKE