diff --git a/.mocharc.jsonc b/.mocharc.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cde66cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mocharc.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "parallel": true,
+  "slow": 1000,
+  "timeout": 30000,
+  "spec": "./test/unit/*.js"
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0d8f436..e622039e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     "clean": "rm -rf node_modules/ build/ vendor/ .nyc_output/ coverage/ test/fixtures/output.*",
     "test": "npm run test-lint && npm run test-unit && npm run test-licensing",
     "test-lint": "semistandard && cpplint",
-    "test-unit": "nyc --reporter=lcov --reporter=text --check-coverage --branches=100 mocha --slow=1000 --timeout=30000 ./test/unit/*.js",
+    "test-unit": "nyc --reporter=lcov --reporter=text --check-coverage --branches=100 mocha",
     "test-licensing": "license-checker --production --summary --onlyAllow=\"Apache-2.0;BSD;ISC;MIT\"",
     "test-leak": "./test/leak/leak.sh",
     "docs-build": "documentation lint lib && node docs/build && node docs/search-index/build",