diff --git a/src/cargo/core/resolver/types.rs b/src/cargo/core/resolver/types.rs
index fa00d413edd..cdef344805b 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/resolver/types.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/resolver/types.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ pub struct ResolverProgress {
     time_to_print: Duration,
     printed: bool,
     deps_time: Duration,
+    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+    slow_cpu_multiplier: u64,
 }
 
 impl ResolverProgress {
@@ -29,6 +31,14 @@ impl ResolverProgress {
             time_to_print: Duration::from_millis(500),
             printed: false,
             deps_time: Duration::new(0, 0),
+            // Some CI setups are much slower then the equipment used by Cargo itself.
+            // Architectures that do not have a modern processor, hardware emulation, ect.
+            // In the test code we have `slow_cpu_multiplier`, but that is not accessible here.
+            #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+            slow_cpu_multiplier: std::env::var("CARGO_TEST_SLOW_CPU_MULTIPLIER")
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|m| m.parse().ok())
+                .unwrap_or(1),
         }
     }
     pub fn shell_status(&mut self, config: Option<&Config>) -> CargoResult<()> {
@@ -52,21 +62,27 @@ impl ResolverProgress {
                 config.shell().status("Resolving", "dependency graph...")?;
             }
         }
-        // The largest test in our suite takes less then 5000 ticks
-        // with all the algorithm improvements.
-        // If any of them are removed then it takes more than I am willing to measure.
-        // So lets fail the test fast if we have ben running for two long.
-        debug_assert!(
-            self.ticks < 50_000,
-            "got to 50_000 ticks in {:?}",
-            self.start.elapsed()
-        );
-        // The largest test in our suite takes less then 30 sec
-        // with all the improvements to how fast a tick can go.
-        // If any of them are removed then it takes more than I am willing to measure.
-        // So lets fail the test fast if we have ben running for two long.
-        if cfg!(debug_assertions) && (self.ticks % 1000 == 0) {
-            assert!(self.start.elapsed() - self.deps_time < Duration::from_secs(90));
+        #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+        {
+            // The largest test in our suite takes less then 5000 ticks
+            // with all the algorithm improvements.
+            // If any of them are removed then it takes more than I am willing to measure.
+            // So lets fail the test fast if we have ben running for two long.
+            assert!(
+                self.ticks < 50_000,
+                "got to 50_000 ticks in {:?}",
+                self.start.elapsed()
+            );
+            // The largest test in our suite takes less then 30 sec
+            // with all the improvements to how fast a tick can go.
+            // If any of them are removed then it takes more than I am willing to measure.
+            // So lets fail the test fast if we have ben running for two long.
+            if self.ticks % 1000 == 0 {
+                assert!(
+                    self.start.elapsed() - self.deps_time
+                        < Duration::from_secs(self.slow_cpu_multiplier * 90)
+                );
+            }
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/build_script.rs b/tests/testsuite/build_script.rs
index fb22b7e245f..9c4dd7031f1 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/build_script.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/build_script.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::thread;
-use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::support::paths::CargoPathExt;
 use crate::support::registry::Package;
 use crate::support::{basic_manifest, cross_compile, project};
-use crate::support::{rustc_host, sleep_ms};
+use crate::support::{rustc_host, sleep_ms, slow_cpu_multiplier};
 use cargo::util::paths::remove_dir_all;
 
 #[test]
@@ -3174,7 +3173,9 @@ fn switch_features_rerun() {
     p.cargo("build -v --features=foo").run();
     p.rename_run("foo", "with_foo").with_stdout("foo\n").run();
     p.cargo("build -v").run();
-    p.rename_run("foo", "without_foo").with_stdout("bar\n").run();
+    p.rename_run("foo", "without_foo")
+        .with_stdout("bar\n")
+        .run();
     p.cargo("build -v --features=foo").run();
     p.rename_run("foo", "with_foo2").with_stdout("foo\n").run();
 }
@@ -3569,7 +3570,7 @@ fn _rename_with_link_search_path(cross: bool) {
             panic!("failed to rename: {}", error);
         }
         println!("assuming {} is spurious, waiting to try again", error);
-        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+        thread::sleep(slow_cpu_multiplier(100));
     }
 
     p2.cargo(&format!("run{}", target_arg))
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/concurrent.rs b/tests/testsuite/concurrent.rs
index 90e7847807c..d30c5786fb3 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/concurrent.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/concurrent.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ use std::net::TcpListener;
 use std::process::Stdio;
 use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
 use std::thread;
-use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{env, str};
 
 use crate::support::cargo_process;
 use crate::support::git;
 use crate::support::install::{assert_has_installed_exe, cargo_home};
 use crate::support::registry::Package;
-use crate::support::{basic_manifest, execs, project};
+use crate::support::{basic_manifest, execs, project, slow_cpu_multiplier};
 use git2;
 
 fn pkg(name: &str, vers: &str) {
@@ -526,7 +525,7 @@ fn no_deadlock_with_git_dependencies() {
     }
 
     for _ in 0..n_concurrent_builds {
-        let result = rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(30)).expect("Deadlock!");
+        let result = rx.recv_timeout(slow_cpu_multiplier(30)).expect("Deadlock!");
         execs().run_output(&result);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/death.rs b/tests/testsuite/death.rs
index 78a20e9b458..98316860b3e 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/death.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/death.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ use std::io::{self, Read};
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 use std::process::{Child, Stdio};
 use std::thread;
-use std::time::Duration;
 
-use crate::support::project;
+use crate::{support::project, support::slow_cpu_multiplier};
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn enabled() -> bool {
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ fn ctrl_c_kills_everyone() {
             Ok(()) => return,
             Err(e) => println!("attempt {}: {}", i, e),
         }
-        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+        thread::sleep(slow_cpu_multiplier(100));
     }
 
     panic!(
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/resolve.rs b/tests/testsuite/resolve.rs
index 38407f01ff4..41b51fb9132 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/resolve.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/resolve.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ proptest! {
         // and locally.
         cases: 256,
         max_shrink_iters:
-            if env::var("CI").is_ok() {
+            if env::var("CI").is_ok() || !atty::is(atty::Stream::Stderr) {
                 // This attempts to make sure that CI will fail fast,
                 0
             } else {
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/support/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/support/mod.rs
index 6498a000142..72dbc46ce0f 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/support/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/support/mod.rs
@@ -1634,3 +1634,14 @@ pub fn is_coarse_mtime() -> bool {
     // that's tricky to detect, so for now just deal with CI.
     cfg!(target_os = "macos") && env::var("CI").is_ok()
 }
+
+/// Some CI setups are much slower then the equipment used by Cargo itself.
+/// Architectures that do not have a modern processor, hardware emulation, ect.
+/// This provides a way for those setups to increase the cut off for all the time based test.
+pub fn slow_cpu_multiplier(main: u64) -> Duration {
+    lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+        static ref SLOW_CPU_MULTIPLIER: u64 =
+            env::var("CARGO_TEST_SLOW_CPU_MULTIPLIER").ok().and_then(|m| m.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(1);
+    }
+    Duration::from_secs(*SLOW_CPU_MULTIPLIER * main)
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/support/resolver.rs b/tests/testsuite/support/resolver.rs
index d424d61b34f..79604c65de8 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/support/resolver.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/support/resolver.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ use std::cmp::PartialEq;
 use std::cmp::{max, min};
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet};
 use std::fmt;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+use crate::support::slow_cpu_multiplier;
 
 use cargo::core::dependency::Kind;
 use cargo::core::resolver::{self, Method};
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn resolve_with_config_raw(
 
     // The largest test in our suite takes less then 30 sec.
     // So lets fail the test if we have ben running for two long.
-    assert!(start.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(60));
+    assert!(start.elapsed() < slow_cpu_multiplier(60));
     resolve
 }