diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
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+++ b/circle.yml
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+dependencies:
+  override:
+    - ./meteor --get-ready
+
+test:
+  override:
+    - ./scripts/ci.sh :
+        parallel: true
diff --git a/scripts/ci.sh b/scripts/ci.sh
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+++ b/scripts/ci.sh
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+# run different jobs based on CicleCI parallel container index
+case $CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX in
+0)
+  echo "Running test-packages"
+  ./packages/test-in-console/run.sh
+  ;;
+1)
+  echo "Running self-test (1): A-C"
+  ./meteor self-test --file "^[a-c]" --exclude "$SELF_TEST_EXCLUDE"
+  ;;
+2)
+  echo "Running self-test (2): D-P"
+  ./meteor self-test --file "^[d-p]" --exclude "$SELF_TEST_EXCLUDE"
+  ;;
+3)
+  echo "Running self-test (3): R-Z"
+  ./meteor self-test --file "^[r-z]" --exclude "$SELF_TEST_EXCLUDE"
+  ;;
+esac