diff --git a/store/sqlstore/store_test.go b/store/sqlstore/store_test.go
index 8b141d2033..36679998dd 100644
--- a/store/sqlstore/store_test.go
+++ b/store/sqlstore/store_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package sqlstore
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -80,14 +81,31 @@ func initStores() {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		return
 	}
-	storeTypes = append(storeTypes, &storeType{
-		Name:        "MySQL",
-		SqlSettings: storetest.MakeSqlSettings(model.DATABASE_DRIVER_MYSQL),
-	})
-	storeTypes = append(storeTypes, &storeType{
-		Name:        "PostgreSQL",
-		SqlSettings: storetest.MakeSqlSettings(model.DATABASE_DRIVER_POSTGRES),
-	})
+	// In CI, we already run the entire test suite for both mysql and postgres in parallel.
+	// So we just run the tests for the current database set.
+	if os.Getenv("IS_CI") == "true" {
+		switch os.Getenv("MM_SQLSETTINGS_DRIVERNAME") {
+		case "mysql":
+			storeTypes = append(storeTypes, &storeType{
+				Name:        "MySQL",
+				SqlSettings: storetest.MakeSqlSettings(model.DATABASE_DRIVER_MYSQL),
+			})
+		case "postgres":
+			storeTypes = append(storeTypes, &storeType{
+				Name:        "PostgreSQL",
+				SqlSettings: storetest.MakeSqlSettings(model.DATABASE_DRIVER_POSTGRES),
+			})
+		}
+	} else {
+		storeTypes = append(storeTypes, &storeType{
+			Name:        "MySQL",
+			SqlSettings: storetest.MakeSqlSettings(model.DATABASE_DRIVER_MYSQL),
+		})
+		storeTypes = append(storeTypes, &storeType{
+			Name:        "PostgreSQL",
+			SqlSettings: storetest.MakeSqlSettings(model.DATABASE_DRIVER_POSTGRES),
+		})
+	}
 
 	defer func() {
 		if err := recover(); err != nil {