diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 881c3f84e88a..149d6403b8a9 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2566,6 +2566,15 @@ config MEMCPY_KUNIT_TEST
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config MEMCPY_SLOW_KUNIT_TEST
+	bool "Include exhaustive memcpy tests"
+	depends on MEMCPY_KUNIT_TEST
+	default y
+	help
+	  Some memcpy tests are quite exhaustive in checking for overlaps
+	  and bit ranges. These can be very slow, so they are split out
+	  as a separate config, in case they need to be disabled.
+
 config IS_SIGNED_TYPE_KUNIT_TEST
 	tristate "Test is_signed_type() macro" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
 	depends on KUNIT
diff --git a/lib/memcpy_kunit.c b/lib/memcpy_kunit.c
index 89128551448d..887926f04731 100644
--- a/lib/memcpy_kunit.c
+++ b/lib/memcpy_kunit.c
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ static void set_random_nonzero(struct kunit *test, u8 *byte)
 
 static void init_large(struct kunit *test)
 {
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMCPY_SLOW_KUNIT_TEST))
+		kunit_skip(test, "Slow test skipped. Enable with CONFIG_MEMCPY_SLOW_KUNIT_TEST=y");
 
 	/* Get many bit patterns. */
 	get_random_bytes(large_src, ARRAY_SIZE(large_src));