diff --git a/docker/quicktest.sh b/docker/quicktest.sh
index 4f6a2d3e230de9fcbb947d794722294880a7730d..b6fc30de17d396f7edcb588a1168b3d32a093711 100755
--- a/docker/quicktest.sh
+++ b/docker/quicktest.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+: ${PYTEST_PARALLEL=auto}
+
 cd $FINN_ROOT
-python setup.py test --addopts "-m 'not (vivado or slow)'"
+python setup.py test --addopts "-m 'not (vivado or slow)' --dist=loadfile -n $PYTEST_PARALLEL"