diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 3c1d336..6f3da66 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -472,6 +472,13 @@
 		-PYTHONPATH= $(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS)
 		PYTHONPATH= $(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS)
 
+QUICKTESTOPTS=	$(TESTOPTS) -x test_thread test_signal test_strftime \
+		test_unicodedata test_re test_sre test_select test_poll
+quicktest:	all platform
+		-rm -f $(srcdir)/Lib/test/*.py[co]
+		-PYTHONPATH= $(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(QUICKTESTOPTS)
+		PYTHONPATH= $(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(QUICKTESTOPTS)
+
 # Install everything
 install:	altinstall bininstall maninstall