diff --git a/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in b/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
index ada36d0d60..d804e94400 100644
--- a/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
+++ b/support/misc/gitlab-ci.yml.in
@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ stages:
 before_script:
   - git config --global --add safe.directory ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}
 
+.runner-small:
+    tags:
+        - buildroot-runner
+        - saas-linux-small-amd64
+
+.runner-medium:
+    tags:
+        - buildroot-runner
+        - saas-linux-medium-amd64
+
+.runner-large:
+    tags:
+        - buildroot-runner
+        - saas-linux-large-amd64
+
+.runner-xlarge:
+    tags:
+        - buildroot-runner
+        - saas-linux-xlarge-amd64
+
+.runner-2xlarge:
+    tags:
+        - buildroot-runner
+        - saas-linux-2xlarge-amd64
+
+.runner-buildroot-runner-only:
+    tags:
+        - buildroot-runner
+
 .check-check-package_base:
     stage: test
     script:
diff --git a/support/scripts/generate-gitlab-ci-yml b/support/scripts/generate-gitlab-ci-yml
index 2d922b9eb2..4c0f892d33 100755
--- a/support/scripts/generate-gitlab-ci-yml
+++ b/support/scripts/generate-gitlab-ci-yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ _EOF_
 gen_tests() {
     local -a basics defconfigs runtimes
     local do_basics do_defconfigs do_runtime do_testpkg
-    local defconfigs_ext cfg tst
+    local defconfigs_ext cfg runner tst
 
     basics=( check-package check-symbol DEVELOPERS package symbol )
 
@@ -133,7 +133,15 @@ gen_tests() {
 
     if ${do_runtime:-false}; then
         printf 'runtime_test_download: { extends: .runtime_test_download }\n'
-        printf '%s: { extends: .runtime_test_base }\n' "${runtimes[@]}"
+        for test in "${runtimes[@]}"; do
+            test_file=$(echo "${test}" | tr '.' '/' | sed 's%\(.*/test_[^/]*\)/.*test_run$%support/testing/\1.py%g')
+            test_name=$(echo "${test}" | sed 's/.test_run$//g' | sed 's/.*\.//')
+            runner=$(grep -w -B 1 "${test_name}" "${test_file}" | head -1 | sed -n 's/^.*# gitlab-runner: \(.*\)/\1/p' ) || true
+            if [ -z "${runner}" ]; then
+                runner="small"
+            fi
+            printf '%s: { extends: [ .runtime_test_base, .runner-%s ]}\n' "${test}" "${runner}"
+        done
     fi
 
     if [ -n "${do_testpkg}" ]; then
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/boot/test_edk2.py b/support/testing/tests/boot/test_edk2.py
index 8489e82860..452697e085 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/boot/test_edk2.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/boot/test_edk2.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestEdk2(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/boot/test_grub.py b/support/testing/tests/boot/test_grub.py
index e873683b5a..8f081f927b 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/boot/test_grub.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/boot/test_grub.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class TestGrubi386BIOS(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.emulator.login()
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestGrubX8664EFI(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class TestGrubX8664EFI(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.assertRunOk(cmd)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestGrubAArch64EFI(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ class TestGrubAArch64EFI(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.assertRunOk(cmd)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestGrubRiscV64EFI(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     scripts = [
         "board/qemu/post-image.sh",
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/init/test_systemd.py b/support/testing/tests/init/test_systemd.py
index 893cc17408..472a65db57 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/init/test_systemd.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/init/test_systemd.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class InitSystemSystemdBase(InitSystemBase):
         self.check_network("eth0")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkd(InitSystemSystemdBase):
     config = InitSystemSystemdBase.config + \
         """
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkd(InitSystemSystemdBase):
         self.check_systemd("squashfs")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRwNetworkd(InitSystemSystemdBase):
     config = InitSystemSystemdBase.config + \
         """
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRwNetworkd(InitSystemSystemdBase):
         self.check_systemd("ext2")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown(InitSystemSystemdBase):
     config = InitSystemSystemdBase.config + \
         """
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown(InitSystemSystemdBase):
         self.check_systemd("squashfs")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbroker(TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown):
     config = TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown.config + \
         """
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbroker(TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown)
         self.assertEqual(len(out), 1)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbus(TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbroker):
     config = TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbroker.config + \
         """
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbus(TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupd
         """
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdown(InitSystemSystemdBase):
     config = InitSystemSystemdBase.config + \
         """
@@ -136,6 +142,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdown(InitSystemSystemdBase):
         self.check_systemd("ext2")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdownDbusbroker(TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdown):
     config = TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdown.config + \
         """
@@ -152,6 +159,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdownDbusbroker(TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdown)
         self.assertEqual(len(out), 1)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdownDbusbrokerDbus(TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdownDbusbroker):
     config = TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdownDbusbroker.config + \
         """
@@ -159,6 +167,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupdownDbusbrokerDbus(TestInitSystemSystemdRwIfupd
         """
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoFull(InitSystemSystemdBase):
     config = InitSystemSystemdBase.config + \
         """
@@ -188,6 +197,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoFull(InitSystemSystemdBase):
         self.check_systemd("squashfs")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRwFull(InitSystemSystemdBase):
     config = InitSystemSystemdBase.config + \
         """
@@ -257,6 +267,7 @@ class InitSystemSystemdBaseFactory():
         self.assertEqual(out[0], "foobar")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkdFactory(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseFactory,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkd,
@@ -265,6 +276,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkdFactory(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkd.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownFactory(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseFactory,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown,
@@ -273,6 +285,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownFactory(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerFactory(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseFactory,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbroker,
@@ -281,6 +294,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerFactory(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbroker.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbusFactory(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseFactory,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbus,
@@ -289,6 +303,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbusFactory(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbus.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoFullFactory(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseFactory,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoFull,
@@ -348,6 +363,7 @@ class InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfs():
         self.assertEqual(out[0], "foobar")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkdOverlayfs(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfs,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkd,
@@ -356,6 +372,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkdOverlayfs(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoNetworkd.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownOverlayfs(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfs,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown,
@@ -364,6 +381,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownOverlayfs(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdown.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerOverlayfs(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfs,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbroker,
@@ -372,6 +390,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerOverlayfs(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbroker.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbusOverlayfs(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfs,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbus,
@@ -380,6 +399,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbusOverlayfs(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoIfupdownDbusbrokerDbus.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoFullOverlayfs(
     InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfs,
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoFull,
@@ -388,6 +408,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoFullOverlayfs(
         TestInitSystemSystemdRoFull.config
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfsVarBacking(InitSystemBase):
     @classmethod
     def gen_config(cls, overlaydir: str) -> str:
@@ -402,6 +423,7 @@ class InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfsVarBacking(InitSystemBase):
         self.assertRunOk("grep '^other-var-backing-store /run/buildroot/mounts/var tmpfs' /proc/mounts")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoFullOverlayfsVarBackingMountUnit(
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoFullOverlayfs,
     InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfsVarBacking,
@@ -415,6 +437,7 @@ class TestInitSystemSystemdRoFullOverlayfsVarBackingMountUnit(
         self.check_var_mounted()
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestInitSystemSystemdRoFullOverlayfsVarBackingFstab(
     TestInitSystemSystemdRoFullOverlayfs,
     InitSystemSystemdBaseOverlayfsVarBacking,
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_aichat.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_aichat.py
index 50c07f87dc..009d6e98a3 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_aichat.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_aichat.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestAiChat(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     rootfs_overlay = \
         infra.filepath("tests/package/test_aichat/rootfs-overlay")
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_bcc.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bcc.py
index 51f175a5b4..b98c37077d 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_bcc.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bcc.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import time
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: 2xlarge
 class TestBcc(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # This test is using a Kernel >= 5.2, so it will use
     # CONFIG_IKHEADERS. Those Kernel headers are unpacked from
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_bitcoin.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bitcoin.py
index a942504af4..186240b280 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_bitcoin.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bitcoin.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestBitcoin(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # infra.basetest.BASIC_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIG cannot be used as it does
     # not include BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_clang.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_clang.py
index bc44a5804a..439e5b9cd2 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_clang.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_clang.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import infra.basetest
 FUZZ_TIMEOUT = 120
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: 2xlarge
 class TestClangCompilerRT(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     br2_external = [infra.filepath("tests/package/br2-external/clang-compiler-rt")]
     # Without this option the test fails due to insufficient address space for 64-bit allocator
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_distribution_registry.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_distribution_registry.py
index 35942db29c..66e0b5d39d 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_distribution_registry.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_distribution_registry.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import time
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestDistributionRegistry(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_docker_compose.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_docker_compose.py
index db7e50914c..ad9a46ac16 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_docker_compose.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_docker_compose.py
@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ class BaseTestDockerCompose(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.python_docker_test()
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestDockerComposeRunc(BaseTestDockerCompose):
     def test_run(self):
         self.do_test()
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestDockerComposeCrun(BaseTestDockerCompose):
     config = BaseTestDockerCompose.config + """
         BR2_PACKAGE_CRUN=y
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_dosfstools.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_dosfstools.py
index f32ff81c01..a63dbad38f 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_dosfstools.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_dosfstools.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import subprocess
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestDosFsTools(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # This test needs a Kernel with vfat and NLS support. The vfat
     # filesystem also needs character set conversion libraries, since
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_firewalld.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_firewalld.py
index 1093873b38..9a1bd41f62 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_firewalld.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_firewalld.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import time
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestFirewalldSystemd(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     """Build the kernel as firewalld requires several the nftable options."""
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ class TestFirewalldSystemd(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.assertEqual(exit_code, 0)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestFirewalldSysVInit(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     """Build the kernel as firewalld requires several nftable options."""
 
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_fluidsynth.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_fluidsynth.py
index 909c878b75..7ebbf5e642 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_fluidsynth.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_fluidsynth.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestFluidsynth(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # infra.basetest.BASIC_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIG cannot be used as it is
     # armv5 and based on qemu versatilepb which is limited to 256MB of
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_flutter.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_flutter.py
index 19406b7cb1..95cccb529d 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_flutter.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_flutter.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import infra.basetest
 from ..graphics_base import GraphicsBase
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: xlarge
 class TestFlutter(infra.basetest.BRTest, GraphicsBase):
     config = f"""
         BR2_aarch64=y
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_fwts.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_fwts.py
index a58f9ccb80..86ae99ac9f 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_fwts.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_fwts.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestFwts(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     kernel_fragment = \
         infra.filepath("tests/package/test_fwts/linux-efi-test.fragment")
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_glslsandbox_player.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_glslsandbox_player.py
index f72ac2adce..669292ca75 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_glslsandbox_player.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_glslsandbox_player.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: xlarge
 class TestGlslsandboxPlayer(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_glxinfo.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_glxinfo.py
index 8680477b15..2c3181d9fb 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_glxinfo.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_glxinfo.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import infra.basetest
 GLXINFO_TIMEOUT = 120
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestGlxinfo(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_gnuradio.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_gnuradio.py
index 1fc0479d21..9b8ab2f558 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_gnuradio.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_gnuradio.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestGnuradio(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # infra.basetest.BASIC_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIG cannot be used as it does
     # not include: BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_gstreamer1.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_gstreamer1.py
index 82829dab98..3b2899b9fe 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_gstreamer1.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_gstreamer1.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestGstreamer1(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # This test creates a full, yet simple, Gstreamer pipeline which
     # encodes/decodes a video, using only plugins from Base and Good
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_kmscube.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_kmscube.py
index 4a0eb07c32..1e75948c20 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_kmscube.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_kmscube.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: xlarge
 class TestKmsCube(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_libcamera.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_libcamera.py
index c785e340d6..bc52498a75 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_libcamera.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_libcamera.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestLibCamera(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # A specific configuration is needed for testing libcamera:
     # a kernel config fragment enables v4l2 vimc driver.
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_llama_cpp.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_llama_cpp.py
index 4462be0a5b..682ee0b172 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_llama_cpp.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_llama_cpp.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestLlamaCpp(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = """
         BR2_aarch64=y
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_mender.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_mender.py
index 0c83c5644e..14440c9527 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_mender.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_mender.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class TestMenderRO(TestMenderInfra):
         self.run_mender_test()
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestMenderSystemd(TestMenderInfra):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_mesa3d.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_mesa3d.py
index f5133c2eef..24fc6df59e 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_mesa3d.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_mesa3d.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import infra.basetest
 RUSTICL_TIMEOUT = 180
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: 2xlarge
 class TestMesa3DRusticl(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = """
         BR2_aarch64=y
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_nodejs.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_nodejs.py
index 2884529c6e..0e679a0ddd 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_nodejs.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_nodejs.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: 2xlarge
 class TestNodeJSBasic(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class TestNodeJSBasic(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.assertRunOk("node sample_nodejs_basic.js")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestNodeJSModuleHostBin(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ class TestNodeJSModuleHostBin(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.assertRunOk("node sample_nodejs_module.js")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: 2xlarge
 class TestNodeJSModuleHostSrc(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_openblas.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_openblas.py
index 9cfe08ef2c..edfd08c55c 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_openblas.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_openblas.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestOpenBLAS(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_openjdk.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_openjdk.py
index 0dc69b7c49..d57bc0a711 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_openjdk.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_openjdk.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestOpenJdk(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     br2_external = [infra.filepath("tests/package/br2-external/openjdk")]
     config = \
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_perl_dbd_mysql.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_perl_dbd_mysql.py
index 93551b420f..b9dfd97347 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_perl_dbd_mysql.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_perl_dbd_mysql.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from tests.package.test_perl import TestPerlBase
 import os
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: xlarge
 class TestPerlDBDmysql(TestPerlBase):
     """
     package:
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_pyqt5.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_pyqt5.py
index 65130f9c03..fd933ba560 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_pyqt5.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_pyqt5.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestPythonPyQt5(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # We use a specific configuration for:
     # - using Aarch64, to have more than 256MB memory,
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_scipy.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_scipy.py
index 608a3f6e87..af7aa8f0c0 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_scipy.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_scipy.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 from tests.package.test_python import TestPythonPackageBase
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestPythonPy3SciPy(TestPythonPackageBase):
     __test__ = True
     # Need to use a different toolchain than the default due to
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_rust.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_rust.py
index 763125ca20..5602aee3e7 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_rust.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_rust.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class TestRustBin(TestRustBase):
         self.assertRunOk("rg Buildroot /etc/issue")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: 2xlarge
 class TestRust(TestRustBase):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_uboot_openssl_pkgconfig.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_uboot_openssl_pkgconfig.py
index 55a45f44fc..6d6be9fa7b 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_uboot_openssl_pkgconfig.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_uboot_openssl_pkgconfig.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestUbootOpensslPkgConfig(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     config = infra.basetest.MINIMAL_CONFIG + \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_weston.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_weston.py
index c4a522c95b..1b25d5ac5e 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_weston.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_weston.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import infra.basetest
 from ..graphics_base import GraphicsBase
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestWeston(infra.basetest.BRTest, GraphicsBase):
     config = \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_wine.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_wine.py
index 8c7b80f522..77f233fef4 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_wine.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_wine.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import infra.basetest
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestWine(infra.basetest.BRTest):
     # Wine depends on i386 architecture. The pre-build runtime test
     # Kernel (for armv5) cannot be used. The config also uses a ext4
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_xen.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_xen.py
index 23efb2055d..8793ec6762 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_xen.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_xen.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class TestXenBase(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.assertRunOk("brctl show")
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestXenAarch64(TestXenBase):
     # Test Xen on 64b Arm.
     # Boot flow: Qemu Devicetree -> U-Boot -> Xen UEFI -> Linux
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ class TestXenAarch64(TestXenBase):
         self.run_xen_test(arch="aarch64", options=qemu_opts)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestXenArmv7(TestXenBase):
     # Test Xen on 32b Arm v7.
     # Boot flow: Qemu Devicetree -> U-Boot -> Xen -> Linux
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py
index 384fad7e33..ba9c8d3e90 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class TestZfsBase(infra.basetest.BRTest):
             self.assertRunOk(cmd, timeout=self.timeout)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestZfsGlibc(TestZfsBase):
     config = TestZfsBase.config + \
         """
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ class TestZfsGlibc(TestZfsBase):
         TestZfsBase.base_test_run(self)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestZfsUclibc(TestZfsBase):
     # The Bootling aarch64 uclibc stable 2025.08-1 needs to be
     # rebuild with uClibc-ng 1.0.55.
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ class TestZfsUclibc(TestZfsBase):
         TestZfsBase.base_test_run(self)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: medium
 class TestZfsMusl(TestZfsBase):
     config = TestZfsBase.config + \
         """
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/toolchain/test_aarch64_64k.py b/support/testing/tests/toolchain/test_aarch64_64k.py
index 7cdbdb9faf..9962fea813 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/toolchain/test_aarch64_64k.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/toolchain/test_aarch64_64k.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class TestAarch64Pages64kBase(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         self.assertEqual(2 ** order * 64 * 1024, size)
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestAarch64Pages64kGlibc(TestAarch64Pages64kBase):
     __test__ = True
     config = TestAarch64Pages64kBase.config + \
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class TestAarch64Pages64kGlibc(TestAarch64Pages64kBase):
         """
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestAarch64Pages64kuClibc(TestAarch64Pages64kBase):
     __test__ = True
     config = TestAarch64Pages64kBase.config + \
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ class TestAarch64Pages64kuClibc(TestAarch64Pages64kBase):
         """
 
 
+# gitlab-runner: large
 class TestAarch64Pages64kMusl(TestAarch64Pages64kBase):
     __test__ = True
     config = TestAarch64Pages64kBase.config + \