diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e69de29..85a0fbb 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import pytest
+import os
+
+
+def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
+    if "slow" in item.keywords and not os.getenv("RUN_SLOW_TESTS"):
+        pytest.skip("Skipping slow test")