2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc18378c..18d00210 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/config.mak
  /Makefile.old
  /pm_to_blib
  /MYMETA.*
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 1948848f..448c79c3 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ WriteMakefile(
  
  sub MY::postamble {
    <<EOF;
+# support using eatmydata to speed up tests (apt-get install eatmydata):
+# https://www.flamingspork.com/projects/libeatmydata/
+EATMYDATA =
+-include config.mak
  -include Documentation/include.mk
  my_syntax := \$(addsuffix .syntax, $PM_FILES \$(EXE_FILES))
  
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ N := \$(shell echo \$\$(( \$\$(nproc 2>/dev/null || echo 2) + 1)))
  syntax:: \$(my_syntax)
  
  check:: pure_all
-        prove -lv -j\$(N)
+        \$(EATMYDATA) prove -lv -j\$(N)
  
  EOF
  }