1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/extra/python2/PKGBUILD b/extra/python2/PKGBUILD
index 7ff6b97e..c93cac57 100644
--- a/extra/python2/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/python2/PKGBUILD
@@ -13,3 +13,20 @@ eval "$(
       /xvfb-run/ s/-x test_idle/-x test_idle test_bytes test_str test_string test_unicode test_userstring test_tuple/
     '
 )"
+
+# tests run with -j4 per default effectively killing build slaves,
+# forcing single threaded execution of tests
+
+eval "$(
+  declare -f build | \
+    sed "
+      s/make/make EXTRATESTOPTS='-j 1' /
+    "
+)"
+
+eval "$(
+  declare -f check | \
+    sed "
+      s/ -m test.regrtest/ -m test.regrtest -j1/
+    "
+)"