diff --git a/pecan/tests/test_templates.py b/pecan/tests/test_templates.py
index 20dddf3..8b99fcf 100644
--- a/pecan/tests/test_templates.py
+++ b/pecan/tests/test_templates.py
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import virtualenv
 import httplib
 import urllib2
 import time
+import pecan
 
 def has_internet():
     try:
-        response = urllib2.urlopen('http://74.125.113.99', timeout=1) # Google
+        response = urllib2.urlopen('http://google.com', timeout=1)
         return True
     except urllib2.URLError as err: pass # pragma: no cover
     return False
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ class TestTemplateBuilds(unittest.TestCase):
     """
 
     @classmethod
+    @unittest.skipUnless(has_internet(), 'Internet connectivity unavailable.')
+    @unittest.skipUnless(
+        getattr(pecan, '__run_all_tests__', False) is True,
+        'Skipping (really slow).  To run, `$ python setup.py test --slow.`'
+    )
     def setUpClass(cls):
         # Make a temp install location and record the cwd
         cls.install_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fcf03e9..a7d1b27 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from setuptools import setup, command, find_packages
+from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
 version = '0.1.0'
 
@@ -26,6 +27,22 @@ except:
 
 tests_require = requirements + ['virtualenv']
 
+
+class test(TestCommand):
+
+    user_options = TestCommand.user_options + [
+        ('slow', None, 'Run all tests (even the really slow functional ones)')
+    ]
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        self.slow = None
+        return TestCommand.initialize_options(self)
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        if self.slow:
+            import pecan; setattr(pecan, '__run_all_tests__', True)
+        return TestCommand.finalize_options(self)
+
 #
 # call setup
 #
@@ -60,6 +77,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires     = requirements,
     tests_require        = tests_require,
     test_suite           = 'pecan',
+    cmdclass             = {'test' : test},
     entry_points         = """
     [paste.paster_command]
     pecan-serve = pecan.commands:ServeCommand