diff --git a/examples/run_examples_short_ci.sh b/examples/run_examples_short_ci.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..644499315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/run_examples_short_ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o nounset
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+$SCRIPT_DIR/run_examples.sh $SCRIPT_DIR/examples wave.py
diff --git a/test/test_chemistry.py b/test/test_chemistry.py
index 19a17f815..2a9d407d7 100644
--- a/test/test_chemistry.py
+++ b/test/test_chemistry.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     [PytestPyOpenCLArrayContextFactory])
 
 
+@pytest.mark.slowtest
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(("mechname", "fuel", "rate_tol"),
                          [("uiuc_7sp", "C2H4", 1e-11),
                           ("sandiego", "H2", 1e-9)])
diff --git a/test/test_diffusion.py b/test/test_diffusion.py
index 3fe28b333..86f6c658b 100644
--- a/test/test_diffusion.py
+++ b/test/test_diffusion.py
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ def sym_diffusion(dim, sym_kappa, sym_u):
 #
 # Working hypothesis: RHS lives in lower order polynomial space and thus doesn't
 # attain full-order convergence.
+@pytest.mark.slowtest
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("order", [2, 3])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(("problem", "nsteps", "dt", "scales"),
     [
diff --git a/test/test_multiphysics.py b/test/test_multiphysics.py
index 4a9344139..d6df31e79 100644
--- a/test/test_multiphysics.py
+++ b/test/test_multiphysics.py
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ def get_rhs(t, u):
     assert linf_err2 < 1e-9
 
 
+@pytest.mark.slowtest
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("order", [2, 3])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("use_overintegration", [False, True])
 def test_thermally_coupled_fluid_wall(