diff --git a/config_defaults.yml b/config_defaults.yml
index 655a3894..2bf8dbfb 100644
--- a/config_defaults.yml
+++ b/config_defaults.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Gemfile:
       - gem: github_changelog_generator
         ruby-operator: '>='
         ruby-version: '2.2.2'
+      - gem: parallel_tests
     ':development':
       - gem: travis
       - gem: travis-lint
diff --git a/moduleroot/.rspec_parallel.erb b/moduleroot/.rspec_parallel.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4d136b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moduleroot/.rspec_parallel.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--format progress