diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b32a41b2..772d48ae 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ MD5_JPEG_CROP = b4197f377e621c4e9b1d20471432610d
 
 endif
 
-test: testclean all
+test: quicktest
 
 if WITH_TURBOJPEG
 if WITH_JAVA
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ endif
 	./tjunittest -yuv -noyuvpad
 endif
 
+quicktest: testclean all
+
 # These tests are carefully crafted to provide full coverage of as many of the
 # underlying algorithms as possible (including all of the SIMD-accelerated
 # ones.)