diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7876002..e1de7637 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pytest = "~5.3.5"
 pytest-cov = "^2.8"
 pytest-pythonpath = "^0.7.3"
 pytest-sugar = "^0.9.2"
+pytest-xdist = "^1.31"
 tox = "^3.13"
 flake8 = "^3.7"
 flake8-import-order = "^0.18.1"
diff --git a/requirements/test.pip b/requirements/test.pip
index d9d91914..81d74c4e 100644
--- a/requirements/test.pip
+++ b/requirements/test.pip
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Pygments==2.6.1
 mock
 pytest==5.3.5
 pytest-cov
+pytest-xdist
 
 # Optional Packages
 Markdown >= 3.1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ed025c25..a7543a17 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ commands =
 filterwarnings =
     default::DeprecationWarning
     error:.*:Warning:pelican
+addopts = -n 2
 
 [flake8]
 application-import-names = pelican