diff --git a/bin/tests/system/Makefile.am b/bin/tests/system/Makefile.am
index a9151b7155..5f6a4a9548 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/Makefile.am
+++ b/bin/tests/system/Makefile.am
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ endif HAVE_PERLMOD_TIME_HIRES
 
 if HAVE_PERLMOD_NET_DNS
 TESTS +=		\
-	dnssec		\
 	rpzrecurse
 endif HAVE_PERLMOD_NET_DNS
 
@@ -203,6 +202,7 @@ if HAVE_PYMOD_DNS
 TESTS += qmin
 
 if HAVE_PERLMOD_NET_DNS
+TESTS += dnssec
 if HAVE_PERLMOD_NET_DNS_NAMESERVER
 TESTS += chain
 endif HAVE_PERLMOD_NET_DNS_NAMESERVER
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common
index af8e757294..b86f23baeb 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common
+++ b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SEQUENTIAL_COMMON=""
 # rpzrecurse are scheduled first, in order to get more benefit from
 # parallelism.
 #
-PARALLEL_COMMON="dnssec rpzrecurse serve-stale
+PARALLEL_COMMON="rpzrecurse serve-stale
 acl
 additional
 addzone
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
index a23726833b..9300647551 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ SEQUENTIALDIRS="$SEQUENTIAL_COMMON $SEQUENTIAL_UNIX"
 PARALLEL_UNIX="@DNSTAP@
 chain
 dlzexternal
+dnssec
 dyndb
 filter-aaaa
 kasp