diff --git a/openbis/build/build.xml b/openbis/build/build.xml
index 71e6ae0db710babfdc07a9655201069962f46a9d..dec10a7c2c9af74b60c2e8cccf60aa1483996c9f 100644
--- a/openbis/build/build.xml
+++ b/openbis/build/build.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
             <sysproperty key="authentication-service" value="file-authentication-service" />
             <sysproperty key="log4j.configuration" value="etc/log.xml" />
             <sysproperty key="database.create-from-scratch" value="true" />
+            <sysproperty key="hibernate.search.index-base" value="sourceTest/lucene/indices" />
+            <sysproperty key="hibernate.search.index-mode" value="NO_INDEX" />
             <sysproperty key="database.kind" value="system_test" />
             <sysproperty key="script-folder" value="sourceTest" />
             <sysproperty key="mass-upload-folder" value="sourceTest/sql/postgresql" />