diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 69addc1d3..5b9385eff 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ msg_test: all_nomsg
 
 .PHONY: test
 ifeq ($(CFG_WITH_LONGTESTS),yes)	# Local... Else don't burden users
-test: smoke-test examples test_regress
+test: smoke-test test_regress
+# examples is part of test_regress's test_regress/t/t_a2_examples.pl
+# (because that allows it to run in parallel with other test_regress's)
 else
 test: smoke-test examples
 endif
@@ -231,8 +233,8 @@ endif
 	@echo
 
 smoke-test: all_nomsg
-	test_regress/t/t_a_first_cc.pl
-	test_regress/t/t_a_first_sc.pl
+	test_regress/t/t_a1_first_cc.pl
+	test_regress/t/t_a2_first_sc.pl
 
 test_regress: all_nomsg
 	$(MAKE) -C test_regress
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_a_first_cc.pl b/test_regress/t/t_a1_first_cc.pl
similarity index 100%
rename from test_regress/t/t_a_first_cc.pl
rename to test_regress/t/t_a1_first_cc.pl
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_a_first_cc.v b/test_regress/t/t_a1_first_cc.v
similarity index 100%
rename from test_regress/t/t_a_first_cc.v
rename to test_regress/t/t_a1_first_cc.v
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_a_first_sc.pl b/test_regress/t/t_a2_first_sc.pl
similarity index 95%
rename from test_regress/t/t_a_first_sc.pl
rename to test_regress/t/t_a2_first_sc.pl
index b09f932f0..72415320a 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_a_first_sc.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_a2_first_sc.pl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); di
 
 scenarios(simulator => 1);
 
-top_filename("t/t_a_first_cc.v");
+top_filename("t/t_a1_first_cc.v");
 
 $DEBUG_QUIET = "--debug --debugi 0 --gdbbt --no-dump-tree";
 
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_a_selftest.pl b/test_regress/t/t_a3_selftest.pl
similarity index 100%
rename from test_regress/t/t_a_selftest.pl
rename to test_regress/t/t_a3_selftest.pl
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_a4_examples.pl b/test_regress/t/t_a4_examples.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..43d55bcf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_a4_examples.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+
+scenarios(dist => 1);
+
+my $root = "..";
+run(cmd=>["cd $root && make examples"]);
+
+ok(1);
+1;