diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vc/package.py
index 1b0647789919e1653453c96832fd8264d8a48ee1..7d975c352bc38b226f42c7f1a5a2f0ffe6142548 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vc/package.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Vc(CMakePackage):
     homepage = "https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc"
     url      = "https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc/archive/1.3.0.tar.gz"
 
+    version('1.4.1', sha256='7e8b57ed5ff9eb0835636203898c21302733973ff8eaede5134dd7cb87f915f6')
     version('1.3.0', sha256='2309a19eea136e1f9d5629305b2686e226093e23fe5b27de3d6e3d6084991c3a')
     version('1.2.0', sha256='9cd7b6363bf40a89e8b1d2b39044b44a4ce3f1fd6672ef3fc45004198ba28a2b')
     version('1.1.0', sha256='281b4c6152fbda11a4b313a0a0ca18565ee049a86f35f672f1383967fef8f501')
@@ -20,3 +21,9 @@ class Vc(CMakePackage):
             description='The build type to build',
             values=('Debug', 'Release', 'RelWithDebug',
                     'RelWithDebInfo', 'MinSizeRel'))
+
+    def cmake_args(self):
+        if self.run_tests:
+            return ['-DBUILD_TESTING=ON']
+        else:
+            return ['-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF']