diff --git a/tests/check_slug.c b/tests/check_slug.c
index 88b11e6..06567b7 100644
--- a/tests/check_slug.c
+++ b/tests/check_slug.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ END_TEST
 Suite* r3_suite (void) {
         Suite *suite = suite_create("slug test");
         TCase *tcase = tcase_create("test_slug");
+        tcase_set_timeout(tcase, 30);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_contains_slug);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_inside_slug);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_find_slug_pattern);
diff --git a/tests/check_tree.c b/tests/check_tree.c
index 72af3e1..ee2370d 100644
--- a/tests/check_tree.c
+++ b/tests/check_tree.c
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ Suite* r3_suite (void) {
         Suite *suite = suite_create("blah");
 
         TCase *tcase = tcase_create("testcase");
+        tcase_set_timeout(tcase, 30);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_r3_node_construct_and_free);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_str_array);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_ltrim_slash);