diff --git a/test/test_art.py b/test/test_art.py
index 4954106b5..d4ca814a5 100644
--- a/test/test_art.py
+++ b/test/test_art.py
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ class GoogleImageTest(UseThePlugin):
         self.assertEqual(list(result_url), [])
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class ArtImporterTest(UseThePlugin):
     def setUp(self):
         super(ArtImporterTest, self).setUp()
diff --git a/test/test_convert.py b/test/test_convert.py
index ab1fa2504..e6f75c0ad 100644
--- a/test/test_convert.py
+++ b/test/test_convert.py
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class TestHelper(helper.TestHelper):
                                 .format(path, tag))
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class ImportConvertTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ class ImportConvertTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(item.path))
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class ConvertCliTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -186,6 +190,8 @@ class ConvertCliTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(converted))
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class NeverConvertLossyFilesTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
     """Test the effect of the `never_convert_lossy_files` option.
     """
diff --git a/test/test_dbcore.py b/test/test_dbcore.py
index 3c1a3599b..00ef2f1fb 100644
--- a/test/test_dbcore.py
+++ b/test/test_dbcore.py
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ class TestModelWithGetters(dbcore.Model):
         return {}
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class MigrationTest(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests the ability to change the database schema between
     versions.
diff --git a/test/test_edit.py b/test/test_edit.py
index 522437eaa..34bad25a7 100644
--- a/test/test_edit.py
+++ b/test/test_edit.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from __future__ import (division, absolute_import, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
 import codecs
+import os
 
 from mock import patch
 from test._common import unittest
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ class ModifyFileMocker(object):
             f.write(contents)
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class EditCommandTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
     """ Black box tests for `beetsplug.edit`. Command line interaction is
     simulated using `test.helper.control_stdin()`, and yaml editing via an
diff --git a/test/test_importer.py b/test/test_importer.py
index b9f75f7ef..27dcd5a12 100644
--- a/test/test_importer.py
+++ b/test/test_importer.py
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ class ImportHelper(TestHelper):
         self.assertEqual(len(os.listdir(self.libdir)), 0)
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class NonAutotaggedImportTest(_common.TestCase, ImportHelper):
     def setUp(self):
         self.setup_beets(disk=True)
diff --git a/test/test_logging.py b/test/test_logging.py
index 81df95a78..8517f0a3f 100644
--- a/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/test/test_logging.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import (division, absolute_import, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
 
 import sys
+import os
 import threading
 import logging as log
 from StringIO import StringIO
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ class LoggingLevelTest(unittest.TestCase, helper.TestHelper):
         self.assertIn('dummy: debug import_stage', logs)
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class ConcurrentEventsTest(TestCase, helper.TestHelper):
     """Similar to LoggingLevelTest but lower-level and focused on multiple
     events interaction. Since this is a bit heavy we don't do it in
diff --git a/test/test_ui.py b/test/test_ui.py
index b32a4c452..08097b3f2 100644
--- a/test/test_ui.py
+++ b/test/test_ui.py
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ class InputTest(_common.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(album, u'\xc2me')
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class ConfigTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
     def setUp(self):
         self.setup_beets()
@@ -1035,6 +1037,8 @@ class PathFormatTest(_common.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(pf[1:], default_formats)
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class PluginTest(_common.TestCase):
     def test_plugin_command_from_pluginpath(self):
         config['pluginpath'] = [os.path.join(_common.RSRC, 'beetsplug')]
@@ -1042,6 +1046,8 @@ class PluginTest(_common.TestCase):
         ui._raw_main(['test'])
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS' in os.environ,
+                 'Skipping because test is slow')
 class CompletionTest(_common.TestCase):
     def test_completion(self):
         # Load plugin commands