diff --git a/sdk/testutil/server.go b/sdk/testutil/server.go
index 53115a913e4f..1c7167d98da5 100644
--- a/sdk/testutil/server.go
+++ b/sdk/testutil/server.go
@@ -357,7 +357,13 @@ func NewTestServerConfigT(t TestingTB, cb ServerConfigCallback) (*TestServer, er
 // Stop stops the test Consul server, and removes the Consul data
 // directory once we are done.
 func (s *TestServer) Stop() error {
-	defer os.RemoveAll(s.tmpdir)
+	defer func() {
+		if noCleanup {
+			fmt.Println("skipping cleanup because TEST_NOCLEANUP was enabled")
+		} else {
+			os.RemoveAll(s.tmpdir)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	// There was no process
 	if s.cmd == nil {