diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec8a82500..7520a245a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dev: config/y.go
 	@TF_DEV=1 sh -c "$(CURDIR)/scripts/build.sh"
 
 test: config/y.go
-	TF_ACC= go test $(TEST) $(TESTARGS) -timeout=10s
+	TF_ACC= go test $(TEST) $(TESTARGS) -timeout=10s -parallel=4
 
 testacc: config/y.go
 	@if [ "$(TEST)" = "./..." ]; then \
diff --git a/config/module/detect_bitbucket_test.go b/config/module/detect_bitbucket_test.go
index 91dad2e59..92ce633b1 100644
--- a/config/module/detect_bitbucket_test.go
+++ b/config/module/detect_bitbucket_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 const testBBUrl = "https://bitbucket.org/hashicorp/tf-test-git"
 
 func TestBitBucketDetector(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	if _, err := http.Get(testBBUrl); err != nil {
 		t.Log("internet may not be working, skipping BB tests")
 		t.Skip()
diff --git a/config/module/get_hg_test.go b/config/module/get_hg_test.go
index 02260bd29..d7125bde2 100644
--- a/config/module/get_hg_test.go
+++ b/config/module/get_hg_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ func TestHgGetter_impl(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHgGetter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	if !testHasHg {
 		t.Log("hg not found, skipping")
 		t.Skip()
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ func TestHgGetter(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHgGetter_branch(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	if !testHasHg {
 		t.Log("hg not found, skipping")
 		t.Skip()