diff --git a/sys-apps/findutils/findutils-4.10.0.ebuild b/sys-apps/findutils/findutils-4.10.0.ebuild
index 9997cc77045e2..488600c1b465e 100644
--- a/sys-apps/findutils/findutils-4.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/findutils/findutils-4.10.0.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="
 LICENSE="GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
-IUSE="nls selinux static test"
+IUSE="nls selinux static test test-full"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ src_compile() {
 
 src_test() {
 	local -x SANDBOX_PREDICT=${SANDBOX_PREDICT}
+	local -x RUN_{VERY_,}EXPENSIVE_TESTS=$(usex test-full yes no)
 	addpredict /
 	default
 }
diff --git a/sys-apps/findutils/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/findutils/metadata.xml
index 36d37d7a5a351..1c83f0b9b7481 100644
--- a/sys-apps/findutils/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/findutils/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 	<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
 	<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
 </maintainer>
+<use>
+	<flag name="test-full">Run expensive tests (mostly memory intensive).</flag>
+</use>
 <upstream>
 	<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:gnu:findutils</remote-id>
 	<remote-id type="savannah">findutils</remote-id>