diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 44c2f7e76..550dbcccc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,24 @@ jobs:
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
         # flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Test core with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest test/core_tests
+    - name: Test engine with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest test/engine_tests
+    - name: Test io with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest test/io_tests
+    - name: Test ptyscan with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest test/ptyscan_tests
+    - name: Test template  with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest test/template_tests
+    - name: Test utils with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest test/util_tests
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         # pytest ptypy/test -v --doctest-modules --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov=ptypy --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html --cov-config=.coveragerc