diff --git a/scripts/env/eve/cli.sh b/scripts/env/eve/cli.sh
index bee1ff777119ee9c556248706dcf24aed00131f7..e2a7660b2f6c99aea9fb2d985d6489e302df5917 100644
--- a/scripts/env/eve/cli.sh
+++ b/scripts/env/eve/cli.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL="${CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL:-8}"
+export CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL="${CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL:-4}"
 
 module use /global/apps/modulefiles