diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 4860bebd32f8d3..b6280692d2f21a 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ freebsd_12_task:
   build_script:
     - su git -c gmake
   test_script:
-    - su git -c 'gmake test'
+    - su git -c 'gmake DEFAULT_UNIT_TEST_TARGET=unit-tests-prove test unit-tests'
diff --git a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
index a18b13a41dd462..6c166b02a8e5a5 100755
--- a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ if test -n "$run_tests"
 then
 	group "Run tests" make test ||
 	handle_failed_tests
+	group "Run unit tests" \
+		make DEFAULT_UNIT_TEST_TARGET=unit-tests-prove unit-tests
 fi
 check_unignored_build_artifacts
 
diff --git a/ci/run-test-slice.sh b/ci/run-test-slice.sh
index a3c67956a8df8f..ae8094382fe418 100755
--- a/ci/run-test-slice.sh
+++ b/ci/run-test-slice.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ group "Run tests" make --quiet -C t T="$(cd t &&
 	tr '\n' ' ')" ||
 handle_failed_tests
 
+# We only have one unit test at the moment, so run it in the first slice
+if [ "$1" == "0" ] ; then
+	group "Run unit tests" make --quiet -C t unit-tests-prove
+fi
+
 check_unignored_build_artifacts