diff --git a/tests/test-hghave.t b/tests/test-hghave.t
--- a/tests/test-hghave.t
+++ b/tests/test-hghave.t
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
   > EOF
   $ ( \
   > testrepohgenv; \
-  > "$PYTHON" $TESTDIR/run-tests.py $HGTEST_RUN_TESTS_PURE test-hghaveaddon.t \
+  > "$PYTHON" $TESTDIR/run-tests.py -j 1 \
+  >    $HGTEST_RUN_TESTS_PURE test-hghaveaddon.t \
   > )
+  running 1 tests using 1 parallel processes
   .
   # Ran 1 tests, 0 skipped, 0 failed.