diff --git a/testing/mochitest/runtests.py b/testing/mochitest/runtests.py
index 202ebb821ae1..ce724d1f3087 100644
--- a/testing/mochitest/runtests.py
+++ b/testing/mochitest/runtests.py
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ class MochitestOptions(optparse.OptionParser):
                     help = "Filename of the output file where we can store a .json list of failures to be run in the future with --run-only-tests.")
     defaults["failureFile"] = None
 
+    self.add_option("--run-slower",
+                    action = "store_true", dest = "runSlower",
+                    help = "Delay execution between test files.")
+    defaults["runSlower"] = False
+
     # -h, --help are automatically handled by OptionParser
 
     self.set_defaults(**defaults)
@@ -639,6 +644,8 @@ class Mochitest(object):
           self.urlOpts.append("runOnly=false")
       if options.failureFile:
         self.urlOpts.append("failureFile=%s" % self.getFullPath(options.failureFile))
+      if options.runSlower:
+        self.urlOpts.append("runSlower=true")
 
   def cleanup(self, manifest, options):
     """ remove temporary files and profile """
diff --git a/testing/mochitest/runtestsremote.py b/testing/mochitest/runtestsremote.py
index 5ee7ec46ab53..272eaaca2904 100644
--- a/testing/mochitest/runtestsremote.py
+++ b/testing/mochitest/runtestsremote.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ class MochiRemote(Mochitest):
         self.localLog = options.logFile
         options.logFile = self.remoteLog
         options.profilePath = self.localProfile
+        env["MOZ_HIDE_RESULTS_TABLE"] = 1
         retVal = Mochitest.buildURLOptions(self, options, env)
         #we really need testConfig.js (for browser chrome)
         try:
diff --git a/testing/mochitest/tests/SimpleTest/TestRunner.js b/testing/mochitest/tests/SimpleTest/TestRunner.js
index 857747c195db..fe1e980ede44 100644
--- a/testing/mochitest/tests/SimpleTest/TestRunner.js
+++ b/testing/mochitest/tests/SimpleTest/TestRunner.js
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ TestRunner._urls = [];
 
 TestRunner.timeout = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes.
 TestRunner.maxTimeouts = 4; // halt testing after too many timeouts
+TestRunner.runSlower = false;
 
 TestRunner._expectingProcessCrash = false;
 
@@ -440,7 +441,11 @@ TestRunner.testFinished = function(tests) {
 
         TestRunner.updateUI(tests);
         TestRunner._currentTest++;
-        TestRunner.runNextTest();
+        if (TestRunner.runSlower) {
+            setTimeout(TestRunner.runNextTest, 1000);
+        } else {
+            TestRunner.runNextTest();
+        }
     }
 
     SpecialPowers.executeAfterFlushingMessageQueue(function() {
diff --git a/testing/mochitest/tests/SimpleTest/setup.js b/testing/mochitest/tests/SimpleTest/setup.js
index 95fb3460df23..d364d6c6d79f 100644
--- a/testing/mochitest/tests/SimpleTest/setup.js
+++ b/testing/mochitest/tests/SimpleTest/setup.js
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ if (!params.quiet) {
   TestRunner.logger.addListener("dumpListener", consoleLevel + "", dumpListener);
 }
 
+// A temporary hack for android 4.0 where Fennec utilizes the pandaboard so much it reboots
+if (params.runSlower) {
+  TestRunner.runSlower = true;
+}
+
+
 var gTestList = [];
 var RunSet = {}
 RunSet.runall = function(e) {