diff --git a/docs/tests/FILEFORMAT.md b/docs/tests/FILEFORMAT.md
index 26e32ecd7f..0518be11fd 100644
--- a/docs/tests/FILEFORMAT.md
+++ b/docs/tests/FILEFORMAT.md
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ Features testable here are:
 - `SSPI`
 - `threaded-resolver`
 - `TLS-SRP`
+- `torture` - if runtests is running in memory test mode
 - `TrackMemory`
 - `typecheck`
 - `threadsafe`
diff --git a/docs/tests/TEST-SUITE.md b/docs/tests/TEST-SUITE.md
index 51a3f20b22..6856eb5f8a 100644
--- a/docs/tests/TEST-SUITE.md
+++ b/docs/tests/TEST-SUITE.md
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ that memory leaks do not occur even in those situations. It can help to
 compile curl with `CPPFLAGS=-DMEMDEBUG_LOG_SYNC` when using this option, to
 ensure that the memory log file is properly written even if curl crashes.
 
+If a specific test takes a long time to run in memory test mode, you can
+disable it individually by adding `!torture` to its `<features>` section.
+
 ### Debug
 
 If a test case fails, you can conveniently get the script to invoke the
diff --git a/tests/data/test357 b/tests/data/test357
index a763fd2255..c6b11bd83c 100644
--- a/tests/data/test357
+++ b/tests/data/test357
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ no-expect
 <server>
 http
 </server>
+<features>
+!torture
+</features>
 <name>
 HTTP PUT with Expect: 100-continue and 417 response
 </name>
diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index cd0572a59e..a8072e32cd 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -759,6 +759,10 @@ sub checksystemfeatures {
         }
     }
 
+    if($torture) {
+        $feature{"torture"} = 1;
+    }
+
     if(!$curl) {
         logmsg "unable to get curl's version, further details are:\n";
         logmsg "issued command: \n";