diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-deps.sh b/docker/scripts/install-deps.sh
index f8881d05..fc068b06 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-deps.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-deps.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pacman -Syu --noconfirm --noprogressbar \
     --cachedir .pkg-cache git gpgme nginx redis openssh \
       mariadb mariadb-libs cgit uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-cgi \
       php php-fpm memcached php-memcached python-pip pyalpm \
-      python-srcinfo curl
+      python-srcinfo curl libeatmydata
 
 # https://python-poetry.org/docs/ Installation section.
 curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-poetry/poetry/master/get-poetry.py | python -
diff --git a/docker/scripts/run-pytests.sh b/docker/scripts/run-pytests.sh
index c6baa939..ef8a2318 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/run-pytests.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/run-pytests.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ python -m aurweb.initdb 2>/dev/null || \
     (echo "Error: aurweb.initdb failed; already initialized?" && /bin/true)
 
 # Run pytest with optional targets in front of it.
-make -C test "${PARAMS[@]}" pytest
+eatmydata -- make -C test "${PARAMS[@]}" pytest
 
 # By default, report coverage and move it into cache.
 if [ $COVERAGE -eq 1 ]; then
diff --git a/docker/scripts/run-sharness.sh b/docker/scripts/run-sharness.sh
index 8e928b3f..fe16751c 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/run-sharness.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/run-sharness.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -eou pipefail
 # Initialize the new database; ignore errors.
 python -m aurweb.initdb 2>/dev/null || /bin/true
 
-make -C test sh
+eatmydata -- make -C test sh
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index ef8a08f4..13fb0a0c 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ For all the test to run, the following Arch packages should be installed:
 - postfix
 - openssh
 
+Optional (faster testing)
+
+- libeatmydata
+
 Test Configuration
 ------------------
 
@@ -115,6 +119,12 @@ To run `pytest` Python test suites:
 
     $ make -C test pytest
 
+**Note:** For SQLite tests, users may want to use `eatmydata`
+to improve speed:
+
+    $ eatmydata -- make -C test sh
+    $ eatmydata -- make -C test pytest
+
 To produce coverage reports related to Python when running tests manually,
 use the following method: