diff --git a/handlers/tar.in b/handlers/tar.in
index eb5942b8a958f4aeaf7cfd7e648cbf6d9ed54a49..7497306c8bb88d19e4e999f611320bd2db757a1c 100644
--- a/handlers/tar.in
+++ b/handlers/tar.in
@@ -72,11 +72,13 @@ debug "Running backup: " $TAR -c -p -v $compress_option $exclude_options \
    -f "$backupdir/$backupname-"`$DATE "+$DATEFORMAT"`".$EXTENSION" \
    $includes
 
+if [ ! $test ]; then
 $TAR -c -p -v $compress_option $exclude_options \
    -f "$backupdir/$backupname-"`$DATE "+$DATEFORMAT"`".$EXTENSION" \
    $includes \
    > "$backupdir/$backupname-"`$DATE "+$DATEFORMAT"`.list \
    2> "$backupdir/$backupname-"`$DATE "+$DATEFORMAT"`.err
+fi
 
 [ $? -ne 0 ] && fatal "Tar backup failed"