diff --git a/dev-python/jsonpickle/jsonpickle-4.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/jsonpickle/jsonpickle-4.1.1.ebuild
index 0e87e8215e7d9..b75a7b2f9a9f5 100644
--- a/dev-python/jsonpickle/jsonpickle-4.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jsonpickle/jsonpickle-4.1.1.ebuild
@@ -21,17 +21,20 @@ SRC_URI="
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="test-full"
 
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		dev-python/feedparser[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/gmpy2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pandas[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/simplejson[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/sqlalchemy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/ujson[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		test-full? (
+			dev-python/gmpy2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/pandas[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		)
 	)
 "
 
@@ -49,10 +52,10 @@ python_test() {
 		tests/bson_test.py
 	)
 
-	if ! has_version "dev-python/gmpy2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"; then
+	if ! use test-full || ! has_version "dev-python/gmpy2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"; then
 		EPYTEST_IGNORE+=( jsonpickle/ext/gmpy.py )
 	fi
-	if ! has_version "dev-python/pandas[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"; then
+	if ! use test-full || ! has_version "dev-python/pandas[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"; then
 		EPYTEST_IGNORE+=( jsonpickle/ext/pandas.py )
 	fi
 
diff --git a/dev-python/jsonpickle/metadata.xml b/dev-python/jsonpickle/metadata.xml
index 5e535d77d78d5..01acbd6eca7ad 100644
--- a/dev-python/jsonpickle/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/jsonpickle/metadata.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
     <name>Python</name>
   </maintainer>
   <stabilize-allarches/>
+  <use>
+    <flag name="test-full">
+      Run test suite in full via additional (large) test
+      dependencies, like dev-python/pandas.
+    </flag>
+  </use>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">jsonpickle</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">jsonpickle/jsonpickle</remote-id>