diff --git a/cmemcheck.cmake b/cmemcheck.cmake
index 9f16e45d4..f3262d264 100644
--- a/cmemcheck.cmake
+++ b/cmemcheck.cmake
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ ctest_update()
 ctest_configure(OPTIONS "-DPHRQC_TESTING:BOOL=ON;-DPHRQC_ENABLE_REGRESSION_TESTING:BOOL=ON")
 ctest_build()
 if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.29")
-  ctest_memcheck(EXCLUDE "numdiff" PARALLEL_LEVEL 2)
+  ctest_memcheck(EXCLUDE "numdiff" EXCLUDE_LABEL "long_memcheck" PARALLEL_LEVEL 2)
 else()
-  ctest_memcheck(EXCLUDE "numdiff" PARALLEL_LEVEL)
+  ctest_memcheck(EXCLUDE "numdiff" EXCLUDE_LABEL "long_memcheck" PARALLEL_LEVEL)
 endif()
 ##ctest_coverage()
 ctest_submit()