1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/plugin_base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/plugin_base.py
index b5f2a3e0b..34e3c5760 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/plugin_base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/plugin_base.py
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ def setup_options(make_option):
         help="Don't run memory profiling tests",
     )
     make_option(
+        "--notimingintensive",
+        action="store_true",
+        dest="notimingintensive",
+        help="Don't run timing intensive tests",
+    )
+    make_option(
         "--profile-sort",
         type="string",
         default="cumulative",
@@ -347,6 +353,12 @@ def _set_nomemory(opt, file_config):
 
 
 @pre
+def _set_notimingintensive(opt, file_config):
+    if opt.notimingintensive:
+        exclude_tags.add("timing_intensive")
+
+
+@pre
 def _monkeypatch_cdecimal(options, file_config):
     if options.cdecimal:
         import cdecimal