diff --git a/IPython/testing/iptest.py b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
index ef6f637..6b20cf2 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/iptest.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
@@ -170,8 +170,13 @@ class TestSection(object):
     def will_run(self):
         return self.enabled and all(have[p] for p in self.dependencies)
 
+shims = {
+    'parallel': 'ipython_parallel',
+}
+
 # Name -> (include, exclude, dependencies_met)
-test_sections = {n:TestSection(n, ['IPython.%s' % n]) for n in test_group_names}
+test_sections = {n:TestSection(n, [shims.get(n, 'IPython.%s' % n)]) for n in test_group_names}
+
 
 # Exclusions and dependencies
 # ---------------------------