diff -Naur sed-4.1.2/debian/rules sed-4.1.2-patched/debian/rules
--- sed-4.1.2/debian/rules	2005-06-17 13:25:23.761443737 +0300
+++ sed-4.1.2-patched/debian/rules	2005-06-17 13:27:11.200620201 +0300
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 all build: Makefile
 	make INSTALL_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)"
 ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
+ifeq (,$(findstring nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	LANG=C make check
 endif
+endif
 	touch build
 
 clean: