diff --git a/misc/testsuite/mimic_ctest.sh b/misc/testsuite/mimic_ctest.sh
index 34458fdd..4dd02739 100755
--- a/misc/testsuite/mimic_ctest.sh
+++ b/misc/testsuite/mimic_ctest.sh
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ if [[ $UPX_CONFIG_DISABLE_EXHAUSTIVE_TESTS != ON ]]; then
                 "${run_upx[@]}" -qq -d upx-packed-${s}${exe} ${fo} -o upx-unpacked-${s}${exe}
                 cmp -s upx-unpacked${exe} upx-unpacked-${s}${exe}
                 if [[ $UPX_CONFIG_DISABLE_RUN_PACKED_TEST != ON ]]; then
-                    for ((i = 0; i < 9; i++)); do
+                    : ${upx_run_packed_test:=9}
+                    for ((i = 0; i < $upx_run_packed_test; i++)); do
                         "${emu[@]}" ./upx-packed-${s}${exe} --version-short
                     done
                 fi
diff --git a/misc/testsuite/mimic_ctest_sigsegv.sh b/misc/testsuite/mimic_ctest_sigsegv.sh
index 8a1c5eb5..46d227a8 100755
--- a/misc/testsuite/mimic_ctest_sigsegv.sh
+++ b/misc/testsuite/mimic_ctest_sigsegv.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ elif [[ -n $CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR ]]; then
     true
 else
     upx_exe_runner=emu_gdb
-    true
+    : ${upx_run_packed_test:=100}
 fi
 
 source "$argv0dir/mimic_ctest.sh"