diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0785fdb2e..df8e65ae4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ACCEPTANCE_RUN_TESTS=.
 PKG         := ./...
 TAGS        :=
 TESTS       := .
-TESTFLAGS   :=
+TESTFLAGS   := -shuffle=on -count=2
 LDFLAGS     := -w -s
 GOFLAGS     :=
 CGO_ENABLED ?= 0
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ test-unit:
 test-coverage:
 	@echo
 	@echo "==> Running unit tests with coverage <=="
-	@ ./scripts/coverage.sh
+	@ TESTFLAGS="${TESTFLAGS}" ./scripts/coverage.sh
 
 .PHONY: test-style
 test-style:
diff --git a/scripts/coverage.sh b/scripts/coverage.sh
index 2164d94da..371de6795 100755
--- a/scripts/coverage.sh
+++ b/scripts/coverage.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+TESTFLAGS=${TESTFLAGS:-}
+
 covermode=${COVERMODE:-atomic}
 coverdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/coverage.XXXXXXXXXX)
 profile="${coverdir}/cover.out"
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ generate_cover_data() {
   for d in $(go list ./...) ; do
     (
       local output="${coverdir}/${d//\//-}.cover"
-      go test -coverprofile="${output}" -covermode="$covermode" "$d"
+      go test ${TESTFLAGS} -coverprofile="${output}" -covermode="$covermode" "$d"
     )
   done
 
@@ -40,4 +42,3 @@ case "${1-}" in
     go tool cover -html "${profile}"
     ;;
 esac
-