diff --git a/qa/new-grind b/qa/new-grind
index d0fc1b3cf2..ce1ef4b886 100755
--- a/qa/new-grind
+++ b/qa/new-grind
@@ -158,9 +158,10 @@ NF == 1 && $1 == "#" && done == 0	{
 			{ print }
 /^  *do_valgrind=true/	{ print "elif which valgrind >/dev/null 2>&1"
 			  print "then"
-			  print "    _notrun \"valgrind variant qa/'$newseq' will be run\""
+			  print "    [ $PCPQA_VALGRIND = both ] || \\"
+			  print "        _notrun \"valgrind variant qa/'$newseq' will be run\""
 			  next
-			}
+			}'
     mv $oldseq.new-grind $oldseq
     chmod 755 $oldseq
 fi