diff --git a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST11 b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST11
index d98c6cfeac1960b63ef2fee718c5e14f8e62b414..333999a096ed7760009e3b93ffd2dbbb51c84a3c 100755
--- a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST11
+++ b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST11
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Copyright 2016-2018, Intel Corporation
+# Copyright 2016-2019, Intel Corporation
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ require_fs_type any
 
 require_dax_device_alignments $SIZE_4KB $SIZE_4KB
 
+# the test takes too long under pmemcheck
+configure_valgrind pmemcheck force-disable
+
 setup
 
 OFFSET=$(get_devdax_size 0)
diff --git a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST12 b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST12
index 3552c0b3ea12b21c9a2e09165a4601dda8754858..88b4b70cd077b96401bbd7e677902a9fd7fb1c8e 100755
--- a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST12
+++ b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST12
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ require_fs_type any
 require_dax_device_alignments $SIZE_2MB $SIZE_2MB
 require_max_devdax_size 0 $PMEMOBJ_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE
 
+# the test takes too long under pmemcheck
+configure_valgrind pmemcheck force-disable
+
 setup
 
 DAX_SIZE[0]=$(get_devdax_size 0)
diff --git a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST14 b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST14
index 9bf01b0645978163ac8a00339dca869ee7003bd9..faa1037d52756c152902387a6baddd5f896930d1 100755
--- a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST14
+++ b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST14
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ require_fs_type any
 require_dax_device_alignments $SIZE_4KB $SIZE_4KB
 require_max_devdax_size 0 $PMEMOBJ_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE
 
+# the test takes too long under pmemcheck
+configure_valgrind pmemcheck force-disable
+
 setup
 
 # test requires at least (size of device DAX #0 + 1G) of free space in $DIR
diff --git a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST15 b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST15
index a4c604bfa4bb8e702caa62d4cb148002a7d90d3d..09e03dfc42c1d9c020ca8be7e9a0e55a5e3b9afd 100755
--- a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST15
+++ b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST15
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Copyright 2016-2018, Intel Corporation
+# Copyright 2016-2019, Intel Corporation
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ require_fs_type any
 
 require_dax_device_alignments $SIZE_4KB $SIZE_4KB
 
+# the test takes too long under pmemcheck
+configure_valgrind pmemcheck force-disable
+
 setup
 
 OFFSET=$(get_devdax_size 0)
diff --git a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST16 b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST16
index 1c7e31b9dbc68c69cd5fe076a78ee0b8edf39048..17fe4af78b2465172349517c10d6d456d1e31284 100755
--- a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST16
+++ b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST16
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ require_fs_type any
 require_dax_device_alignments $SIZE_2MB $SIZE_2MB
 require_max_devdax_size 0 $PMEMOBJ_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE
 
+# the test takes too long under pmemcheck
+configure_valgrind pmemcheck force-disable
+
 setup
 
 DAX_SIZE[0]=$(get_devdax_size 0)
diff --git a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST18 b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST18
index 9964195cccba9346768f51891eb8a55145249ee5..8fad7d1bd25bf9ffcbf4fb195402d689cf55d4bb 100755
--- a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST18
+++ b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST18
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ require_fs_type any
 require_dax_device_alignments $SIZE_4KB $SIZE_4KB
 require_max_devdax_size 0 $PMEMOBJ_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE
 
+# the test takes too long under pmemcheck
+configure_valgrind pmemcheck force-disable
+
 setup
 
 # test requires at least (size of device DAX #0 + 1G) of free space in $DIR
diff --git a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST22 b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST22
index fc656ac43a9f3b2683e26554fe2cf81d645b2506..e5b6381cdff88daf151aab88fbfb6a60e97ee0d7 100755
--- a/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST22
+++ b/src/test/pmempool_transform/TEST22
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ require_fs_type any
 require_dax_device_alignments $SIZE_4KB $SIZE_4KB $SIZE_2MB $SIZE_2MB
 require_max_devdax_size 0 $PMEMOBJ_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE
 
+# the test takes too long under pmemcheck
+configure_valgrind pmemcheck force-disable
+
 setup
 
 dax_device_zero