diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestWALPlayer.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestWALPlayer.java
index 674b1c8da0e..212272b7590 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestWALPlayer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestWALPlayer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.LargeTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MiniHBaseCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Delete;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
@@ -36,10 +37,12 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
 /**
  * Basic test for the WALPlayer M/R tool
  */
+@Category(LargeTests.class)
 public class TestWALPlayer {
   private static final HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
   private static MiniHBaseCluster cluster;