diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer/qsharedpointer.pro b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer/qsharedpointer.pro
index 94a8bbd398a..eaea328ac85 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer/qsharedpointer.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer/qsharedpointer.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG += testcase
+CONFIG += parallel_test
 TARGET = tst_qsharedpointer
 QT = core testlib