diff --git a/tests/check/Makefile.am b/tests/check/Makefile.am
index 9b9dc111a3..a70b3cffa4 100644
--- a/tests/check/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/check/Makefile.am
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ check_videorate =
 endif
 
 if USE_PLUGIN_VIDEOSCALE
-check_videoscale = elements/videoscale
+check_videoscale = elements/videoscale elements/videoscale-1 \
+        elements/videoscale-2 elements/videoscale-3 elements/videoscale-4 \
+        elements/videoscale-5 elements/videoscale-6
 else
 check_videoscale =
 endif
@@ -589,6 +591,25 @@ elements_videoscale_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/video/libgstvideo-@GST_API_VERSION@.la \
 	$(GST_BASE_LIBS) $(LDADD)
 
+elements_videoscale_1_SOURCES = elements/videoscale.c
+elements_videoscale_1_CFLAGS = $(elements_videoscale_CFLAGS) -DVSCALE_TEST_GROUP=1
+elements_videoscale_1_LDADD = $(elements_videoscale_LDADD)
+elements_videoscale_2_SOURCES = elements/videoscale.c
+elements_videoscale_2_CFLAGS = $(elements_videoscale_CFLAGS) -DVSCALE_TEST_GROUP=2
+elements_videoscale_2_LDADD = $(elements_videoscale_LDADD)
+elements_videoscale_3_SOURCES = elements/videoscale.c
+elements_videoscale_3_CFLAGS = $(elements_videoscale_CFLAGS) -DVSCALE_TEST_GROUP=3
+elements_videoscale_3_LDADD = $(elements_videoscale_LDADD)
+elements_videoscale_4_SOURCES = elements/videoscale.c
+elements_videoscale_4_CFLAGS = $(elements_videoscale_CFLAGS) -DVSCALE_TEST_GROUP=4
+elements_videoscale_4_LDADD = $(elements_videoscale_LDADD)
+elements_videoscale_5_SOURCES = elements/videoscale.c
+elements_videoscale_5_CFLAGS = $(elements_videoscale_CFLAGS) -DVSCALE_TEST_GROUP=5
+elements_videoscale_5_LDADD = $(elements_videoscale_LDADD)
+elements_videoscale_6_SOURCES = elements/videoscale.c
+elements_videoscale_6_CFLAGS = $(elements_videoscale_CFLAGS) -DVSCALE_TEST_GROUP=6
+elements_videoscale_6_LDADD = $(elements_videoscale_LDADD)
+
 gst_typefindfunctions_CFLAGS = $(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS)
 gst_typefindfunctions_LDADD = $(GST_BASE_LIBS) $(LDADD)
 
diff --git a/tests/check/elements/.gitignore b/tests/check/elements/.gitignore
index b4346b8946..cc78f03b0b 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/check/elements/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ typefindfunctions
 textoverlay
 videoconvert
 videoscale
+videoscale-[1-6]
 vorbistag
 playbin
 playbin-compressed
diff --git a/tests/check/elements/videoscale.c b/tests/check/elements/videoscale.c
index 877df4ffd4..c158061b01 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/videoscale.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/videoscale.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 /* kids, don't do this at home, skipping checks is *BAD* */
 #define LINK_CHECK_FLAGS GST_PAD_LINK_CHECK_NOTHING
 
+#ifndef VSCALE_TEST_GROUP
+
 static guint
 get_num_formats (void)
 {
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_template_formats)
 
 GST_END_TEST;
 
+#endif /* !defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) */
+
 static GstCaps **
 videoscale_get_allowed_caps_for_method (int method)
 {
@@ -307,6 +311,8 @@ run_test (const GstCaps * caps, gint src_width, gint src_height,
   gst_object_unref (bus);
 }
 
+#ifndef VSCALE_TEST_GROUP
+
 static void
 on_sink_handoff_passthrough (GstElement * element, GstBuffer * buffer,
     GstPad * pad, gpointer user_data)
@@ -409,6 +415,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_passthrough_method_3)
 }
 
 GST_END_TEST;
+#endif /* !defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) */
 
 #define CREATE_TEST(name,method,src_width,src_height,dest_width,dest_height) \
 GST_START_TEST (name) \
@@ -434,6 +441,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (name) \
 \
 GST_END_TEST;
 
+#if defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) && VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 1
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_320x240_method_0, 0, 640, 480, 320, 240);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_320x240_method_1, 1, 640, 480, 320, 240);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_320x240_method_2, 2, 640, 480, 320, 240);
@@ -442,6 +450,7 @@ CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_320x240_640x480_method_0, 0, 320, 240, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_320x240_640x480_method_1, 1, 320, 240, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_320x240_640x480_method_2, 2, 320, 240, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_320x240_640x480_method_3, 3, 320, 240, 640, 480);
+#elif defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) && VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 2
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_1x1_method_0, 0, 640, 480, 1, 1);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_1x1_method_1, 1, 640, 480, 1, 1);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_1x1_method_2, 2, 640, 480, 1, 1);
@@ -450,6 +459,7 @@ CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_1x1_640x480_method_0, 0, 1, 1, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_1x1_640x480_method_1, 1, 1, 1, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_1x1_640x480_method_2, 2, 1, 1, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_1x1_640x480_method_3, 3, 1, 1, 640, 480);
+#elif defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) && VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 3
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_641x481_111x30_method_0, 0, 641, 481, 111, 30);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_641x481_111x30_method_1, 1, 641, 481, 111, 30);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_641x481_111x30_method_2, 2, 641, 481, 111, 30);
@@ -458,6 +468,7 @@ CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_111x30_641x481_method_0, 0, 111, 30, 641, 481);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_111x30_641x481_method_1, 1, 111, 30, 641, 481);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_111x30_641x481_method_2, 2, 111, 30, 641, 481);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_111x30_641x481_method_3, 2, 111, 30, 641, 481);
+#elif defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) && VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 4
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_641x481_30x111_method_0, 0, 641, 481, 30, 111);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_641x481_30x111_method_1, 1, 641, 481, 30, 111);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_641x481_30x111_method_2, 2, 641, 481, 30, 111);
@@ -466,6 +477,7 @@ CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_30x111_641x481_method_0, 0, 30, 111, 641, 481);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_30x111_641x481_method_1, 1, 30, 111, 641, 481);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_30x111_641x481_method_2, 2, 30, 111, 641, 481);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_30x111_641x481_method_3, 3, 30, 111, 641, 481);
+#elif defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) && VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 5
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_320x1_method_0, 0, 640, 480, 320, 1);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_320x1_method_1, 1, 640, 480, 320, 1);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_320x1_method_2, 2, 640, 480, 320, 1);
@@ -474,6 +486,7 @@ CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_320x1_640x480_method_0, 0, 320, 1, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_320x1_640x480_method_1, 1, 320, 1, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_320x1_640x480_method_2, 2, 320, 1, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_320x1_640x480_method_3, 3, 320, 1, 640, 480);
+#elif defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) && VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 6
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_1x240_method_0, 0, 640, 480, 1, 240);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_1x240_method_1, 1, 640, 480, 1, 240);
 CREATE_TEST (test_downscale_640x480_1x240_method_2, 2, 640, 480, 1, 240);
@@ -482,6 +495,9 @@ CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_1x240_640x480_method_0, 0, 1, 240, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_1x240_640x480_method_1, 1, 1, 240, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_1x240_640x480_method_2, 2, 1, 240, 640, 480);
 CREATE_TEST (test_upscale_1x240_640x480_method_3, 3, 1, 240, 640, 480);
+#endif
+
+#ifndef VSCALE_TEST_GROUP
 
 typedef struct
 {
@@ -973,6 +989,8 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_basetransform_negotiation)
 
 GST_END_TEST;
 
+#endif /* !defined(VSCALE_TEST_GROUP) */
+
 static Suite *
 videoscale_suite (void)
 {
@@ -981,11 +999,18 @@ videoscale_suite (void)
 
   suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
   tcase_set_timeout (tc_chain, 180);
+#ifndef VSCALE_TEST_GROUP
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_template_formats);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_passthrough_method_0);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_passthrough_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_passthrough_method_2);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_passthrough_method_3);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_negotiation);
+#if 0
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_reverse_negotiation);
+#endif
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_basetransform_negotiation);
+#elif VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 1
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_320x240_method_0);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_320x240_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_320x240_method_2);
@@ -994,6 +1019,7 @@ videoscale_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_320x240_640x480_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_320x240_640x480_method_2);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_320x240_640x480_method_3);
+#elif VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 2
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_1x1_method_0);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_1x1_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_1x1_method_2);
@@ -1002,6 +1028,7 @@ videoscale_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_1x1_640x480_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_1x1_640x480_method_2);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_1x1_640x480_method_3);
+#elif VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 3
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_641x481_111x30_method_0);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_641x481_111x30_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_641x481_111x30_method_2);
@@ -1010,6 +1037,7 @@ videoscale_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_111x30_641x481_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_111x30_641x481_method_2);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_111x30_641x481_method_3);
+#elif VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 4
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_641x481_30x111_method_0);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_641x481_30x111_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_641x481_30x111_method_2);
@@ -1018,6 +1046,7 @@ videoscale_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_30x111_641x481_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_30x111_641x481_method_2);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_30x111_641x481_method_3);
+#elif VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 5
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_320x1_method_0);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_320x1_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_320x1_method_2);
@@ -1026,6 +1055,7 @@ videoscale_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_320x1_640x480_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_320x1_640x480_method_2);
   tcase_skip_broken_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_320x1_640x480_method_3);
+#elif VSCALE_TEST_GROUP == 6
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_1x240_method_0);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_1x240_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_downscale_640x480_1x240_method_2);
@@ -1034,11 +1064,7 @@ videoscale_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_1x240_640x480_method_1);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_1x240_640x480_method_2);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_upscale_1x240_640x480_method_3);
-  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_negotiation);
-#if 0
-  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_reverse_negotiation);
 #endif
-  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_basetransform_negotiation);
 
   return s;
 }
diff --git a/tests/check/meson.build b/tests/check/meson.build
index 1fa963d28b..dfc93467f5 100644
--- a/tests/check/meson.build
+++ b/tests/check/meson.build
@@ -131,6 +131,18 @@ foreach t : base_tests
   endif
 endforeach
 
+# videoscale tests (split in groups)
+foreach group : [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+  vscale_test_name = 'elements/videoscale-@0@'.format(group)
+  exe = executable(vscale_test_name, 'elements/videoscale.c',
+      include_directories : [configinc],
+      c_args : ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H=1', '-DVSCALE_TEST_GROUP=@0@'.format(group) ] + test_defines,
+      dependencies : [libm] + test_deps + extra_deps)
+  test(vscale_test_name, exe,
+    env: test_env + ['GST_REGISTRY=@0@/@1@.registry'.format(meson.current_build_dir(), test_name)],
+    timeout: 3 * 60)
+endforeach
+
 # ===============> FIXME <==========
 test('gstlibscpp', executable('gstlibscpp', 'libs/gstlibscpp.cc',
   include_directories : [configinc],