diff --git a/bagel/pom.xml b/bagel/pom.xml
index 3baf8d47b4dc..672e9469aec9 100644
--- a/bagel/pom.xml
+++ b/bagel/pom.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e31d90f60889..c0af98a04fb1 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -331,16 +331,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
       <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
@@ -362,6 +352,10 @@
       <artifactId>py4j</artifactId>
       <version>0.8.2.1</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/dev/run-tests.py b/dev/run-tests.py
index d8b22e1665e7..1a816585187d 100755
--- a/dev/run-tests.py
+++ b/dev/run-tests.py
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ def determine_modules_to_test(changed_modules):
     return modules_to_test.union(set(changed_modules))
 
 
+def determine_tags_to_exclude(changed_modules):
+    tags = []
+    for m in modules.all_modules:
+        if m not in changed_modules:
+            tags += m.test_tags
+    return tags
+
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Functions for working with subprocesses and shell tools
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -369,6 +377,7 @@ def detect_binary_inop_with_mima():
 
 def run_scala_tests_maven(test_profiles):
     mvn_test_goals = ["test", "--fail-at-end"]
+
     profiles_and_goals = test_profiles + mvn_test_goals
 
     print("[info] Running Spark tests using Maven with these arguments: ",
@@ -392,7 +401,7 @@ def run_scala_tests_sbt(test_modules, test_profiles):
     exec_sbt(profiles_and_goals)
 
 
-def run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules):
+def run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules, excluded_tags):
     """Function to properly execute all tests passed in as a set from the
     `determine_test_suites` function"""
     set_title_and_block("Running Spark unit tests", "BLOCK_SPARK_UNIT_TESTS")
@@ -401,6 +410,10 @@ def run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules):
 
     test_profiles = get_hadoop_profiles(hadoop_version) + \
         list(set(itertools.chain.from_iterable(m.build_profile_flags for m in test_modules)))
+
+    if excluded_tags:
+        test_profiles += ['-Dtest.exclude.tags=' + ",".join(excluded_tags)]
+
     if build_tool == "maven":
         run_scala_tests_maven(test_profiles)
     else:
@@ -500,8 +513,10 @@ def main():
         target_branch = os.environ["ghprbTargetBranch"]
         changed_files = identify_changed_files_from_git_commits("HEAD", target_branch=target_branch)
         changed_modules = determine_modules_for_files(changed_files)
+        excluded_tags = determine_tags_to_exclude(changed_modules)
     if not changed_modules:
         changed_modules = [modules.root]
+        excluded_tags = []
     print("[info] Found the following changed modules:",
           ", ".join(x.name for x in changed_modules))
 
@@ -541,7 +556,7 @@ def main():
         detect_binary_inop_with_mima()
 
     # run the test suites
-    run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules)
+    run_scala_tests(build_tool, hadoop_version, test_modules, excluded_tags)
 
     modules_with_python_tests = [m for m in test_modules if m.python_test_goals]
     if modules_with_python_tests:
diff --git a/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py b/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
index 346452f3174e..d65547e04db4 100644
--- a/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
+++ b/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Module(object):
 
     def __init__(self, name, dependencies, source_file_regexes, build_profile_flags=(), environ={},
                  sbt_test_goals=(), python_test_goals=(), blacklisted_python_implementations=(),
-                 should_run_r_tests=False):
+                 test_tags=(), should_run_r_tests=False):
         """
         Define a new module.
 
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ def __init__(self, name, dependencies, source_file_regexes, build_profile_flags=
         :param blacklisted_python_implementations: A set of Python implementations that are not
             supported by this module's Python components. The values in this set should match
             strings returned by Python's `platform.python_implementation()`.
+        :param test_tags A set of tags that will be excluded when running unit tests if the module
+            is not explicitly changed.
         :param should_run_r_tests: If true, changes in this module will trigger all R tests.
         """
         self.name = name
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, dependencies, source_file_regexes, build_profile_flags=
         self.environ = environ
         self.python_test_goals = python_test_goals
         self.blacklisted_python_implementations = blacklisted_python_implementations
+        self.test_tags = test_tags
         self.should_run_r_tests = should_run_r_tests
 
         self.dependent_modules = set()
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ def contains_file(self, filename):
         "catalyst/test",
         "sql/test",
         "hive/test",
+    ],
+    test_tags=[
+        "org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest"
     ]
 )
 
@@ -398,6 +404,22 @@ def contains_file(self, filename):
 )
 
 
+yarn = Module(
+    name="yarn",
+    dependencies=[],
+    source_file_regexes=[
+        "yarn/",
+        "network/yarn/",
+    ],
+    sbt_test_goals=[
+        "yarn/test",
+        "network-yarn/test",
+    ],
+    test_tags=[
+        "org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedYarnTest"
+    ]
+)
+
 # The root module is a dummy module which is used to run all of the tests.
 # No other modules should directly depend on this module.
 root = Module(
diff --git a/external/flume-sink/pom.xml b/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
index d7c2ac474a18..75113ff753e7 100644
--- a/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
       <version>3.4.0.Final</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/external/flume/pom.xml b/external/flume/pom.xml
index 132062f94fb4..57f83607365d 100644
--- a/external/flume/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume/pom.xml
@@ -67,14 +67,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/external/kafka/pom.xml b/external/kafka/pom.xml
index 05abd9e2e681..79258c126e04 100644
--- a/external/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -87,14 +87,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/external/mqtt/pom.xml b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
index 05e6338a08b0..59fba8b826b4 100644
--- a/external/mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -58,22 +58,16 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
       <artifactId>activemq-core</artifactId>
       <version>5.7.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/external/twitter/pom.xml b/external/twitter/pom.xml
index 244ad58ae959..4c22ec8b3b15 100644
--- a/external/twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/external/twitter/pom.xml
@@ -59,14 +59,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/external/zeromq/pom.xml b/external/zeromq/pom.xml
index 171df8682c84..02d6b8128157 100644
--- a/external/zeromq/pom.xml
+++ b/external/zeromq/pom.xml
@@ -58,14 +58,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml b/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
index 81794a853631..4ce90e75fd35 100644
--- a/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/java8-tests/pom.xml
@@ -59,14 +59,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml b/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
index 6dd8ff69c294..ef72d97eae69 100644
--- a/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/kinesis-asl/pom.xml
@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/graphx/pom.xml b/graphx/pom.xml
index 202fc19002d1..987b831021a5 100644
--- a/graphx/pom.xml
+++ b/graphx/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/launcher/pom.xml b/launcher/pom.xml
index ed38e66aa246..d595d74642ab 100644
--- a/launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/launcher/pom.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
@@ -63,6 +58,11 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- Not needed by the test code, but referenced by SparkSubmit which is used by the tests. -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/mllib/pom.xml b/mllib/pom.xml
index 22c0c6008ba3..70139121d8c7 100644
--- a/mllib/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib/pom.xml
@@ -94,16 +94,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
@@ -131,6 +121,10 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
diff --git a/network/common/pom.xml b/network/common/pom.xml
index 1cc054a8936c..9af6cc5e925f 100644
--- a/network/common/pom.xml
+++ b/network/common/pom.xml
@@ -64,21 +64,15 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/network/shuffle/pom.xml b/network/shuffle/pom.xml
index 7a66c968041c..70ba5cb1995b 100644
--- a/network/shuffle/pom.xml
+++ b/network/shuffle/pom.xml
@@ -79,14 +79,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/network/yarn/pom.xml b/network/yarn/pom.xml
index e745180eace7..541ed9a8d0ab 100644
--- a/network/yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/network/yarn/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
       <artifactId>spark-network-shuffle_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Provided dependencies -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 653599464114..530bc5dbbb5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
   </mailingLists>
 
   <modules>
+    <module>tags</module>
     <module>core</module>
     <module>bagel</module> <!-- Deprecated -->
     <module>graphx</module>
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@
     <libthrift.version>0.9.2</libthrift.version>
 
     <test.java.home>${java.home}</test.java.home>
+    <test.exclude.tags></test.exclude.tags>
 
     <!--
       Dependency scopes that can be overridden by enabling certain profiles. These profiles are
@@ -339,9 +341,25 @@
       <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.twitter</groupId>
         <artifactId>chill_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
@@ -742,7 +760,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.10</version>
+        <version>4.11</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -760,7 +778,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-        <version>0.10</version>
+        <version>0.11</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1915,6 +1933,7 @@
               <test.src.tables>src</test.src.tables>
             </systemProperties>
             <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
+            <excludedGroups>${test.exclude.tags}</excludedGroups>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <!-- Scalatest runs all Scala tests -->
@@ -1952,6 +1971,7 @@
               <!-- Needed by sql/hive tests. -->
               <test.src.tables>__not_used__</test.src.tables>
             </systemProperties>
+            <tagsToExclude>${test.exclude.tags}</tagsToExclude>
           </configuration>
           <executions>
             <execution>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 901cfa538d23..1339980c3880 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ object BuildCommons {
 
   val allProjects@Seq(bagel, catalyst, core, graphx, hive, hiveThriftServer, mllib, repl,
     sql, networkCommon, networkShuffle, streaming, streamingFlumeSink, streamingFlume, streamingKafka,
-    streamingMqtt, streamingTwitter, streamingZeromq, launcher, unsafe) =
+    streamingMqtt, streamingTwitter, streamingZeromq, launcher, unsafe, testTags) =
     Seq("bagel", "catalyst", "core", "graphx", "hive", "hive-thriftserver", "mllib", "repl",
       "sql", "network-common", "network-shuffle", "streaming", "streaming-flume-sink",
       "streaming-flume", "streaming-kafka", "streaming-mqtt", "streaming-twitter",
-      "streaming-zeromq", "launcher", "unsafe").map(ProjectRef(buildLocation, _))
+      "streaming-zeromq", "launcher", "unsafe", "test-tags").map(ProjectRef(buildLocation, _))
 
   val optionallyEnabledProjects@Seq(yarn, yarnStable, java8Tests, sparkGangliaLgpl,
     streamingKinesisAsl) = Seq("yarn", "yarn-stable", "java8-tests", "ganglia-lgpl",
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ object SparkBuild extends PomBuild {
   (allProjects ++ optionallyEnabledProjects).foreach(enable(TestSettings.settings))
 
   allProjects.filterNot(x => Seq(spark, hive, hiveThriftServer, catalyst, repl,
-    networkCommon, networkShuffle, networkYarn, unsafe).contains(x)).foreach {
+    networkCommon, networkShuffle, networkYarn, unsafe, testTags).contains(x)).foreach {
       x => enable(MimaBuild.mimaSettings(sparkHome, x))(x)
     }
 
@@ -567,11 +567,20 @@ object TestSettings {
     javaOptions in Test ++= "-Xmx3g -Xss4096k -XX:PermSize=128M -XX:MaxNewSize=256m -XX:MaxPermSize=1g"
       .split(" ").toSeq,
     javaOptions += "-Xmx3g",
+    // Exclude tags defined in a system property
+    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.ScalaTest,
+      sys.props.get("test.exclude.tags").map { tags =>
+        tags.split(",").flatMap { tag => Seq("-l", tag) }.toSeq
+      }.getOrElse(Nil): _*),
+    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit,
+      sys.props.get("test.exclude.tags").map { tags =>
+        Seq("--exclude-categories=" + tags)
+      }.getOrElse(Nil): _*),
     // Show full stack trace and duration in test cases.
     testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument("-oDF"),
-    testOptions += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "-v", "-a"),
+    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "-v", "-a"),
     // Enable Junit testing.
-    libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.9" % "test",
+    libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % "test",
     // Only allow one test at a time, even across projects, since they run in the same JVM
     parallelExecution in Test := false,
     // Make sure the test temp directory exists.
diff --git a/repl/pom.xml b/repl/pom.xml
index 5cf416a4a544..fb0a0e1286c8 100644
--- a/repl/pom.xml
+++ b/repl/pom.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Explicit listing of transitive deps that are shaded. Otherwise, odd compiler crashes. -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/pom.xml b/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
index 6cfd53e868f8..61d6fc63554b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/catalyst/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-unsafe_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/sql/core/pom.xml b/sql/core/pom.xml
index 465aa3a3888c..c96855e261ee 100644
--- a/sql/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/core/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
       <artifactId>parquet-column</artifactId>
@@ -73,11 +77,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
       <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalacheck</groupId>
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml b/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
index f7fe085f34d8..b5b2143292a6 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala b/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
index ab309e0a1d36..8f29fa91f7eb 100644
--- a/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHive
+import org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest
 
 /**
  * Runs the test cases that are included in the hive distribution.
  */
+@ExtendedHiveTest
 class HiveCompatibilitySuite extends HiveQueryFileTest with BeforeAndAfter {
   // TODO: bundle in jar files... get from classpath
   private lazy val hiveQueryDir = TestHive.getHiveFile(
diff --git a/sql/hive/pom.xml b/sql/hive/pom.xml
index ac67fe5f47be..d96f3e2b9f62 100644
--- a/sql/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -160,11 +164,6 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-sql_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
index f0bb77092c0c..2da22ec2379f 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.{Logging, SparkFunSuite}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{NamedExpression, Literal, AttributeReference, EqualTo}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.quietly
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.IntegerType
+import org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 /**
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
  * sure that reflective calls are not throwing NoSuchMethod error, but the actually functionality
  * is not fully tested.
  */
+@ExtendedHiveTest
 class VersionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Logging {
 
   // Do not use a temp path here to speed up subsequent executions of the unit test during
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 5cc9001b0e9a..145c8a7321c0 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Explicit listing of transitive deps that are shaded. Otherwise, odd compiler crashes. -->
     <dependency>
@@ -84,21 +88,11 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/tags/pom.xml b/tags/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca93722e7334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spark-parent_2.10</artifactId>
+    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+  <artifactId>spark-test-tags_2.10</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>Spark Project Test Tags</name>
+  <url>http://spark.apache.org/</url>
+  <properties>
+    <sbt.project.name>test-tags</sbt.project.name>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/tags/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/tags/ExtendedHiveTest.java b/tags/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/tags/ExtendedHiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b0c416b0fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/tags/ExtendedHiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.tags;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import org.scalatest.TagAnnotation;
+
+@TagAnnotation
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
+public @interface ExtendedHiveTest { }
diff --git a/tags/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/tags/ExtendedYarnTest.java b/tags/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/tags/ExtendedYarnTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a631bfc88cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/tags/ExtendedYarnTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.tags;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import org.scalatest.TagAnnotation;
+
+@TagAnnotation
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
+public @interface ExtendedYarnTest { }
diff --git a/unsafe/pom.xml b/unsafe/pom.xml
index 066abe92e51c..caf1f77890b5 100644
--- a/unsafe/pom.xml
+++ b/unsafe/pom.xml
@@ -56,14 +56,8 @@
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
diff --git a/yarn/pom.xml b/yarn/pom.xml
index d8e4a4bbead8..3eadacba13e1 100644
--- a/yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/yarn/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spark-test-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnClusterSuite.scala b/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnClusterSuite.scala
index b5a42fd6afd9..f1601cd16100 100644
--- a/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnClusterSuite.scala
+++ b/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnClusterSuite.scala
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.launcher.TestClasspathBuilder
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerApplicationStart,
   SparkListenerExecutorAdded}
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.cluster.ExecutorInfo
+import org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedYarnTest
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
  * applications, and require the Spark assembly to be built before they can be successfully
  * run.
  */
+@ExtendedYarnTest
 class YarnClusterSuite extends BaseYarnClusterSuite {
 
   override def newYarnConfig(): YarnConfiguration = new YarnConfiguration()
diff --git a/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite.scala b/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite.scala
index 8d9c9b3004ed..a85e5772a0fa 100644
--- a/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite.scala
+++ b/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite.scala
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ import org.scalatest.Matchers
 import org.apache.spark._
 import org.apache.spark.network.shuffle.ShuffleTestAccessor
 import org.apache.spark.network.yarn.{YarnShuffleService, YarnTestAccessor}
+import org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedYarnTest
 
 /**
  * Integration test for the external shuffle service with a yarn mini-cluster
  */
+@ExtendedYarnTest
 class YarnShuffleIntegrationSuite extends BaseYarnClusterSuite {
 
   override def newYarnConfig(): YarnConfiguration = {