diff --git a/tests/ctest-default.cmake b/tests/ctest-default.cmake
index f067c2b8..21c1b510 100644
--- a/tests/ctest-default.cmake
+++ b/tests/ctest-default.cmake
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ set(CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "${CTEST_DIRECTORY}/${CTEST_BUILD_NAME}/source")
 set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "${CTEST_DIRECTORY}/${CTEST_BUILD_NAME}/build")
 
 set(CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_SUPPRESSIONS_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/valgrind.supp)
+set(CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS " --trace-children-skip=sshd")
 
 find_program(CTEST_GIT_COMMAND NAMES git)
 find_program(CTEST_COVERAGE_COMMAND NAMES gcov)