diff --git a/src/test/regress/Makefile b/src/test/regress/Makefile
index dc8d2e33d..a300e7379 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/regress/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ check-base: all
 	$(pg_regress_multi_check) --load-extension=citus \
 	-- $(MULTI_REGRESS_OPTS) --schedule=$(citus_abs_srcdir)/base_schedule $(EXTRA_TESTS)
 
+# check-minimal only sets up the cluster
+check-minimal: all
+	$(pg_regress_multi_check) --load-extension=citus \
+	-- $(MULTI_REGRESS_OPTS) --schedule=$(citus_abs_srcdir)/minimal_schedule $(EXTRA_TESTS)
+
 check-base-vg: all
 	$(pg_regress_multi_check) --load-extension=citus \
 	--valgrind --pg_ctl-timeout=360 --connection-timeout=500000 --valgrind-path=valgrind --valgrind-log-file=$(VALGRIND_LOG_FILE) \
diff --git a/src/test/regress/minimal_schedule b/src/test/regress/minimal_schedule
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eeb399992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/minimal_schedule
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+test: multi_cluster_management
+test: multi_test_helpers