diff --git a/tests/virsh-checkpoint b/tests/virsh-checkpoint
index 92962d2205..2492d29f53 100755
--- a/tests/virsh-checkpoint
+++ b/tests/virsh-checkpoint
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 . "$(dirname $0)/test-lib.sh"
 
+test_expensive
+
 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
   set -x
   $abs_top_builddir/tools/virsh --version
diff --git a/tests/virsh-snapshot b/tests/virsh-snapshot
index 473e3b3f2d..289de5b2db 100755
--- a/tests/virsh-snapshot
+++ b/tests/virsh-snapshot
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 . "$(dirname $0)/test-lib.sh"
 
+test_expensive
+
 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
   set -x
   $abs_top_builddir/tools/virsh --version