diff --git a/awx/main/tests/old/api/job_tasks.py b/awx/main/tests/old/api/job_tasks.py
index 93861f8d56..2471f9e614 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/old/api/job_tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/old/api/job_tasks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Ansible, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
+import os
+import unittest2 as unittest
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import LiveServerTestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@ from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from awx.main.tests.job_base import BaseJobTestMixin
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf(os.environ.get('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS', False), 'Skipping slow test')
 @override_settings(CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER=True,
                    CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS=True,
                    ANSIBLE_TRANSPORT='local')
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/old/jobs/job_relaunch.py b/awx/main/tests/old/jobs/job_relaunch.py
index 437c6ed099..3a9e050288 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/old/jobs/job_relaunch.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/old/jobs/job_relaunch.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # Python
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import json
+import os
+import unittest2 as unittest
 
 # Django
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ from awx.main.tests.job_base import BaseJobTestMixin
 
 __all__ = ['JobRelaunchTest',]
 
+@unittest.skipIf(os.environ.get('SKIP_SLOW_TESTS', False), 'Skipping slow test')
 class JobRelaunchTest(BaseJobTestMixin, BaseLiveServerTest):
 
     def test_job_relaunch(self):