diff --git a/hnix-store-remote/hnix-store-remote.cabal b/hnix-store-remote/hnix-store-remote.cabal
index d3cb5ed7..7767c964 100644
--- a/hnix-store-remote/hnix-store-remote.cabal
+++ b/hnix-store-remote/hnix-store-remote.cabal
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ test-suite remote
   type:              exitcode-stdio-1.0
   main-is:           Driver.hs
   hs-source-dirs:    tests
-  ghc-options:       -Wall
+  ghc-options:       -Wall -threaded -rtsopts "-with-rtsopts -N"
   other-modules:
       SerializeSpec
   build-tool-depends:
diff --git a/hnix-store-remote/tests/SerializeSpec.hs b/hnix-store-remote/tests/SerializeSpec.hs
index 11adf94c..4f4ad344 100644
--- a/hnix-store-remote/tests/SerializeSpec.hs
+++ b/hnix-store-remote/tests/SerializeSpec.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Data.Serialize.Get (Get, runGet)
 import Data.Serialize.Put (Putter, runPut)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Time (NominalDiffTime)
-import Test.Hspec (Expectation, Spec, describe, it, shouldBe)
+import Test.Hspec (Expectation, Spec, describe, it, parallel, shouldBe)
 import Test.Hspec.QuickCheck (prop)
 import Test.Hspec.Nix (roundtrips)
 import Test.QuickCheck (arbitrary, forAll, suchThat)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ roundtripS =
     (runGet get)
 
 spec :: Spec
-spec = do
+spec = parallel $ do
   describe "Prim" $ do
     prop "Int" $ roundtrips2 putInt getInt
     prop "Bool" $ roundtrips2 putBool getBool