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diff --git a/script/public-inbox-watch b/script/public-inbox-watch
index e07c30be..2057066a 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-watch
+++ b/script/public-inbox-watch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
-# Copyright (C) 2016-2018 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2016-2020 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
 # License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
 use strict;
 use warnings;
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if ($watch_md) {
 		$watch_md->quit if $watch_md;
 		$watch_md = undef;
 	};
-	alarm(1);
+	# --no-scan is only intended for testing atm, undocumented.
+	alarm(1) unless (grep(/\A--no-scan\z/, @ARGV));
 	$watch_md->watch while ($watch_md);
 }