diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 568d6689..eb98b714 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ install:
 
 script:
 - mv ocrmypdf dont_import_this_ocrmypdf
-- pytest
+- pytest -n auto
 - mv dont_import_this_ocrmypdf ocrmypdf
 
 deploy:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 579a575c..432d7f5c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ ignore =
 [tool:pytest]
 norecursedirs = lib .pc .git output cache resources
 testpaths = tests
+addopts = -n auto
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 3e9f413a..a3e920b2 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pytest >= 3.0
-pytest-helpers-namespace
\ No newline at end of file
+pytest-helpers-namespace
+pytest-xdist
\ No newline at end of file