diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5a8152454..1f9d2ce13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ test:
 	python3 -c "import pytest" > /dev/null 2>&1 || python3 -m pip install pytest
 	python3 -m pytest -qq
 
+.PHONY: test-p
+test-p:
+	python3 -c "import xdist" > /dev/null 2>&1 || python3 -m pip install pytest-xdist
+	python3 -m pytest -qq -n auto
+
+
 .PHONY: valgrind
 valgrind:
 	python3 -c "import pytest_valgrind" > /dev/null 2>&1 || python3 -m pip install pytest-valgrind
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3ff9723b..683ab24ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ optional-dependencies.tests = [
   "pytest",
   "pytest-cov",
   "pytest-timeout",
+  "pytest-xdist",
   "trove-classifiers>=2024.10.12",
 ]