diff --git a/tests/virsh-optparse b/tests/virsh-optparse
index cbd6c30a94..cb0f3d4f3d 100755
--- a/tests/virsh-optparse
+++ b/tests/virsh-optparse
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 . "$(dirname $0)/test-lib.sh"
 
+test_expensive
+
 # If $abs_top_builddir/tools is not early in $PATH, put it there,
 # so that we can safely invoke "virsh" simply with its name.
 case $PATH in