diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ac8c1c26..2d181238c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ extend_skip_glob = '*_pb2.py'
 single_line_exclusions = ['abc', 'collections.abc', 'typing']
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = [
+    "--durations=5",
+    "--durations-min=1.0",
+    "--strict-markers",
+    "--numprocesses=auto",
+    # Currently the test suite doesn't seem to get faster with more threads,
+    # so cap it here for now since there's a startup cost for every one.
+    "--maxprocesses=32",
+]
 markers = """
     skip_cq: Skip tests in the CQ. Should be rarely used!
     e2e: Hermetic end-to-end tests (tests/e2e/). Deselect with -m 'not e2e'.
diff --git a/run_tests b/run_tests
index ae06c6bcb..3ce0dac35 100755
--- a/run_tests
+++ b/run_tests
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # requires-python = '>=3.11,<3.12'
 # dependencies = [
 #   'pytest==8.3.4',
+#   'pytest-xdist==3.8.0',
 #   'black==25.1.0',
 #   'flake8==7.4.1',
 #   'flake8-bugbear==26.9.30',
diff --git a/run_tests.uv.lock b/run_tests.uv.lock
index 9cb472958..1c791596f 100644
--- a/run_tests.uv.lock
+++ b/run_tests.uv.lock
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ colorama==0.4.6 ; python_full_version < '3.12' and sys_platform == 'win32' \
     # via
     #   click
     #   pytest
+execnet==2.1.1 ; python_full_version < '3.12' \
+    --hash=sha256:26dee51f1b80cebd6d0ca8e74dd8745419761d3bef34163928cbebbdc4749fdc \
+    --hash=sha256:58d6d58362e52bfab78f40ebfed9575a3334c41593bee4eb5fcda518290018dc
+    # via pytest-xdist
 flake8==7.4.1 ; python_full_version < '3.12' \
     --hash=sha256:7ff3b14668bfec70da5ce3eeaf1756098330598a9a69f1ee312ed315d27c6508
     # via
@@ -73,3 +77,7 @@ pyflakes==4.0.3 ; python_full_version < '3.12' \
 pytest==8.3.4 ; python_full_version < '3.12' \
     --hash=sha256:00cba7845d2dccfe5403025a688d60ceae228b1ddaa866d2eb86b2edb6923e73 \
     --hash=sha256:50e16d954148559c9a74109af1eaf0c945ba2d8f30f0a3d3335edde19788b6f6
+    # via pytest-xdist
+pytest-xdist==3.8.0 ; python_full_version < '3.12' \
+    --hash=sha256:202ca578cfeb7370784a8c33d6d05bc6e13b4f25b5053c30a152269fd10f0b88 \
+    --hash=sha256:9e659fa2eacbed776070a08a075eff2d9c8e010bab4eea169640c22a1b079f2c
diff --git a/run_tests.vpython3.8 b/run_tests.vpython3.8
index aed5c0c76..c7002a0c3 100644
--- a/run_tests.vpython3.8
+++ b/run_tests.vpython3.8
@@ -65,3 +65,8 @@ wheel: <
   name: "infra/python/wheels/exceptiongroup-py3"
   version: "version:1.1.2"
 >
+
+wheel: <
+  name: "infra/python/wheels/pytest-xdist-py2_py3"
+  version: "version:1.31.0"
+>