diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index ed7496cc..d8cbc5a3 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ smoke-fault: build-test
 
 test: build-test
 	@echo '  RUNNING `test/long_stochastic.sh --loops 2`...'
-	$(QUIET)test/long_stochastic.sh --loops 2 --db-upto-mb 256 --skip-make >$(TEST_LOG)
+	$(QUIET)test/long_stochastic.sh --dont-check-ram-size --loops 2 --db-upto-mb 256 --skip-make >$(TEST_LOG)
 
 long-test: build-test
 	@echo '  RUNNING `test/long_stochastic.sh --loops 42`...'
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ long-test: build-test
 
 test-singleprocess: build-test
 	@echo '  RUNNING `test/long_stochastic.sh --single --loops 2`...'
-	$(QUIET)test/long_stochastic.sh --single --loops 2 --db-upto-mb 256 --skip-make >$(TEST_LOG)
+	$(QUIET)test/long_stochastic.sh --dont-check-ram-size --single --loops 2 --db-upto-mb 256 --skip-make >$(TEST_LOG)
 
 test-valgrind: CFLAGS_EXTRA=-Ofast -DMDBX_USE_VALGRIND
 test-valgrind: build-test