diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index fb2f3524f..49061f945 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ test32: test-zstd32 test-fullbench32 test-fuzzer32 test-zbuff32
 test-all: test test32 valgrindTest
 
 zstd-playTests: datagen
-	ZSTD=$(ZSTD) ./playTests.sh
+	ZSTD=$(ZSTD) ./playTests.sh --test-large-data
 
 test-zstd: ZSTD = ./zstd
 test-zstd: zstd zstd-playTests
diff --git a/programs/playTests.sh b/programs/playTests.sh
index d29260aa8..e97f93db8 100755
--- a/programs/playTests.sh
+++ b/programs/playTests.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ echo "**** zstd round-trip tests **** "
 roundTripTest
 roundTripTest '' 6
 
+if [ "$1" != "--test-large-data" ]; then
+    echo "Skipping large data tests"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 roundTripTest -g270000000 1
 roundTripTest -g270000000 2
 roundTripTest -g270000000 3