diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f23749bd..371b57b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ lntest/itest/output*.log
 lntest/itest/pprof*.log
 lntest/itest/.backendlogs
 lntest/itest/.minerlogs
+lntest/itest/lnd-itest
+lntest/itest/.logs-*
 
 cmd/cmd
 *.key
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index feed17cc..51cf9402 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,32 +50,30 @@ jobs:
     - stage: Integration Test
       name: Btcd Integration
       script:
-        - make itest
+        - make itest-parallel
 
     - name: Bitcoind Integration (txindex enabled)
       script:
         - bash ./scripts/install_bitcoind.sh
-        - make itest backend=bitcoind
+        - make itest-parallel backend=bitcoind
 
     - name: Bitcoind Integration (txindex disabled)
       script:
         - bash ./scripts/install_bitcoind.sh
-        - make itest backend="bitcoind notxindex"
+        - make itest-parallel backend="bitcoind notxindex"
 
     - name: Neutrino Integration
       script:
-        - make itest backend=neutrino
+        - make itest-parallel backend=neutrino
 
     - name: Btcd Integration ARM
       script:
-        - GOARM=7 GOARCH=arm GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 make btcd build-itest
-        - file lnd-itest
-        - GOARM=7 GOARCH=arm GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 make itest-only
+        - GOARM=7 GOARCH=arm GOOS=linux make itest-parallel
       arch: arm64
 
     - name: Btcd Integration Windows
       script:
-        - make itest-windows
+        - make itest-parallel-windows
       os: windows
       before_install:
         - choco upgrade --no-progress -y make netcat curl findutils
@@ -85,7 +83,8 @@ jobs:
           case $TRAVIS_OS_NAME in
             windows)
               echo "Uploading to termbin.com..."
-              for f in ./lntest/itest/*.log; do cat $f | nc termbin.com 9999 | xargs -r0 printf "$f"' uploaded to %s'; done
+              LOG_FILES=$(find ./lntest/itest -name '*.log')
+              for f in $LOG_FILES; do echo -n $f; cat $f | nc termbin.com 9999 | xargs -r0 printf ' uploaded to %s'; done
               ;;
           esac
 
@@ -97,8 +96,8 @@ after_failure:
         ;;
 
       *)
-        LOG_FILES=./lntest/itest/*.log
-        echo "Uploading to termbin.com..." && find $LOG_FILES | xargs -I{} sh -c "cat {} | nc termbin.com 9999 | xargs -r0 printf '{} uploaded to %s'"
+        LOG_FILES=$(find ./lntest/itest -name '*.log')
+        echo "Uploading to termbin.com..." && for f in $LOG_FILES; do echo -n $f; cat $f | nc termbin.com 9999 | xargs -r0 printf ' uploaded to %s'; done
         echo "Uploading to file.io..." && tar -zcvO $LOG_FILES | curl -s -F 'file=@-;filename=logs.tar.gz' https://file.io | xargs -r0 printf 'logs.tar.gz uploaded to %s\n'
         ;;
     esac
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f55f0bc..ec0e3227 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -175,6 +175,27 @@ itest-only:
 
 itest: btcd build-itest itest-only
 
+itest-parallel: btcd
+	@$(call print, "Building lnd binary")
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOBUILD) -tags="$(ITEST_TAGS)" -o lntest/itest/lnd-itest $(ITEST_LDFLAGS) $(PKG)/cmd/lnd
+
+	@$(call print, "Building itest binary for $(backend) backend")
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOTEST) -v ./lntest/itest -tags="$(DEV_TAGS) $(RPC_TAGS) rpctest $(backend)" -logoutput -goroutinedump -c -o lntest/itest/itest.test
+
+	@$(call print, "Running tests")
+	rm -rf lntest/itest/*.log lntest/itest/.logs-*
+	echo -n "$$(seq 0 $$(expr $(NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES) - 1))" | xargs -P $(NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES) -n 1 -I {} scripts/itest_part.sh {} $(NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES) $(TEST_FLAGS)
+
+itest-parallel-windows: btcd
+	@$(call print, "Building lnd binary")
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOBUILD) -tags="$(ITEST_TAGS)" -o lntest/itest/lnd-itest.exe $(ITEST_LDFLAGS) $(PKG)/cmd/lnd
+
+	@$(call print, "Building itest binary for $(backend) backend")
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOTEST) -v ./lntest/itest -tags="$(DEV_TAGS) $(RPC_TAGS) rpctest $(backend)" -logoutput -goroutinedump -c -o lntest/itest/itest.test.exe
+
+	@$(call print, "Running tests")
+	EXEC_SUFFIX=".exe" echo -n "$$(seq 0 $$(expr $(NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES) - 1))" | xargs -P $(NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES) -n 1 -I {} scripts/itest_part.sh {} $(NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES) $(TEST_FLAGS)
+
 itest-windows: btcd build-itest-windows itest-only
 
 unit: btcd
diff --git a/lntest/bitcoind_common.go b/lntest/bitcoind_common.go
index b59fdac8..f673400a 100644
--- a/lntest/bitcoind_common.go
+++ b/lntest/bitcoind_common.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient"
 )
 
-// logDir is the name of the temporary log directory.
-const logDir = "./.backendlogs"
+// logDirPattern is the pattern of the name of the temporary log directory.
+const logDirPattern = "%s/.backendlogs"
 
 // BitcoindBackendConfig is an implementation of the BackendConfig interface
 // backed by a Bitcoind node.
@@ -74,15 +73,16 @@ func (b BitcoindBackendConfig) Name() string {
 func newBackend(miner string, netParams *chaincfg.Params, extraArgs []string) (
 	*BitcoindBackendConfig, func() error, error) {
 
+	baseLogDir := fmt.Sprintf(logDirPattern, GetLogDir())
 	if netParams != &chaincfg.RegressionNetParams {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("only regtest supported")
 	}
 
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(logDir, 0700); err != nil {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(baseLogDir, 0700); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	logFile, err := filepath.Abs(logDir + "/bitcoind.log")
+	logFile, err := filepath.Abs(baseLogDir + "/bitcoind.log")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ func newBackend(miner string, netParams *chaincfg.Params, extraArgs []string) (
 			fmt.Errorf("unable to create temp directory: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	zmqBlockPath := "ipc:///" + tempBitcoindDir + "/blocks.socket"
-	zmqTxPath := "ipc:///" + tempBitcoindDir + "/txs.socket"
-	rpcPort := rand.Int()%(65536-1024) + 1024
-	p2pPort := rand.Int()%(65536-1024) + 1024
+	zmqBlockAddr := fmt.Sprintf("tcp://127.0.0.1:%d", nextAvailablePort())
+	zmqTxAddr := fmt.Sprintf("tcp://127.0.0.1:%d", nextAvailablePort())
+	rpcPort := nextAvailablePort()
+	p2pPort := nextAvailablePort()
 
 	cmdArgs := []string{
 		"-datadir=" + tempBitcoindDir,
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ func newBackend(miner string, netParams *chaincfg.Params, extraArgs []string) (
 			"220110063096c221be9933c82d38e1",
 		fmt.Sprintf("-rpcport=%d", rpcPort),
 		fmt.Sprintf("-port=%d", p2pPort),
-		"-zmqpubrawblock=" + zmqBlockPath,
-		"-zmqpubrawtx=" + zmqTxPath,
+		"-zmqpubrawblock=" + zmqBlockAddr,
+		"-zmqpubrawtx=" + zmqTxAddr,
 		"-debuglogfile=" + logFile,
 	}
 	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, extraArgs...)
@@ -129,13 +129,16 @@ func newBackend(miner string, netParams *chaincfg.Params, extraArgs []string) (
 		var errStr string
 		// After shutting down the chain backend, we'll make a copy of
 		// the log file before deleting the temporary log dir.
-		err := CopyFile("./output_bitcoind_chainbackend.log", logFile)
+		logDestination := fmt.Sprintf(
+			"%s/output_bitcoind_chainbackend.log", GetLogDir(),
+		)
+		err := CopyFile(logDestination, logFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			errStr += fmt.Sprintf("unable to copy file: %v\n", err)
 		}
-		if err = os.RemoveAll(logDir); err != nil {
+		if err = os.RemoveAll(baseLogDir); err != nil {
 			errStr += fmt.Sprintf(
-				"cannot remove dir %s: %v\n", logDir, err,
+				"cannot remove dir %s: %v\n", baseLogDir, err,
 			)
 		}
 		if err := os.RemoveAll(tempBitcoindDir); err != nil {
@@ -178,8 +181,8 @@ func newBackend(miner string, netParams *chaincfg.Params, extraArgs []string) (
 		rpcHost:      rpcHost,
 		rpcUser:      rpcUser,
 		rpcPass:      rpcPass,
-		zmqBlockPath: zmqBlockPath,
-		zmqTxPath:    zmqTxPath,
+		zmqBlockPath: zmqBlockAddr,
+		zmqTxPath:    zmqTxAddr,
 		p2pPort:      p2pPort,
 		rpcClient:    client,
 		minerAddr:    miner,
diff --git a/lntest/btcd.go b/lntest/btcd.go
index 11e19d3f..e8b8cac4 100644
--- a/lntest/btcd.go
+++ b/lntest/btcd.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient"
 )
 
-// logDir is the name of the temporary log directory.
-const logDir = "./.backendlogs"
+// logDirPattern is the pattern of the name of the temporary log directory.
+const logDirPattern = "%s/.backendlogs"
 
 // temp is used to signal we want to establish a temporary connection using the
 // btcd Node API.
@@ -75,12 +75,13 @@ func (b BtcdBackendConfig) Name() string {
 func NewBackend(miner string, netParams *chaincfg.Params) (
 	*BtcdBackendConfig, func() error, error) {
 
+	baseLogDir := fmt.Sprintf(logDirPattern, GetLogDir())
 	args := []string{
 		"--rejectnonstd",
 		"--txindex",
 		"--trickleinterval=100ms",
 		"--debuglevel=debug",
-		"--logdir=" + logDir,
+		"--logdir=" + baseLogDir,
 		"--nowinservice",
 		// The miner will get banned and disconnected from the node if
 		// its requested data are not found. We add a nobanning flag to
@@ -110,14 +111,17 @@ func NewBackend(miner string, netParams *chaincfg.Params) (
 
 		// After shutting down the chain backend, we'll make a copy of
 		// the log file before deleting the temporary log dir.
-		logFile := logDir + "/" + netParams.Name + "/btcd.log"
-		err := CopyFile("./output_btcd_chainbackend.log", logFile)
+		logFile := baseLogDir + "/" + netParams.Name + "/btcd.log"
+		logDestination := fmt.Sprintf(
+			"%s/output_btcd_chainbackend.log", GetLogDir(),
+		)
+		err := CopyFile(logDestination, logFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			errStr += fmt.Sprintf("unable to copy file: %v\n", err)
 		}
-		if err = os.RemoveAll(logDir); err != nil {
+		if err = os.RemoveAll(baseLogDir); err != nil {
 			errStr += fmt.Sprintf(
-				"cannot remove dir %s: %v\n", logDir, err,
+				"cannot remove dir %s: %v\n", baseLogDir, err,
 			)
 		}
 		if errStr != "" {
diff --git a/lntest/fee_service.go b/lntest/fee_service.go
index 68e7d435..d71dae7d 100644
--- a/lntest/fee_service.go
+++ b/lntest/fee_service.go
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ const (
 	// is returned. Requests for higher confirmation targets will fall back
 	// to this.
 	feeServiceTarget = 2
-
-	// feeServicePort is the tcp port on which the service runs.
-	feeServicePort = 16534
 )
 
 // feeService runs a web service that provides fee estimation information.
@@ -40,16 +37,15 @@ type feeEstimates struct {
 
 // startFeeService spins up a go-routine to serve fee estimates.
 func startFeeService() *feeService {
+	port := nextAvailablePort()
 	f := feeService{
-		url: fmt.Sprintf(
-			"http://localhost:%v/fee-estimates.json", feeServicePort,
-		),
+		url: fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%v/fee-estimates.json", port),
 	}
 
 	// Initialize default fee estimate.
 	f.Fees = map[uint32]uint32{feeServiceTarget: 50000}
 
-	listenAddr := fmt.Sprintf(":%v", feeServicePort)
+	listenAddr := fmt.Sprintf(":%v", port)
 	f.srv = &http.Server{
 		Addr: listenAddr,
 	}
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_channel_backup_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_channel_backup_test.go
index 5a8bf87d..2a7e0eb6 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_channel_backup_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_channel_backup_test.go
@@ -1012,6 +1012,10 @@ func testChanRestoreScenario(t *harnessTest, net *lntest.NetworkHarness,
 	require.Contains(t.t, err.Error(), "cannot close channel with state: ")
 	require.Contains(t.t, err.Error(), "ChanStatusRestored")
 
+	// Increase the fee estimate so that the following force close tx will
+	// be cpfp'ed in case of anchor commitments.
+	net.SetFeeEstimate(30000)
+
 	// Now that we have ensured that the channels restored by the backup are
 	// in the correct state even without the remote peer telling us so,
 	// let's start up Carol again.
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_multi-hop_htlc_remote_chain_claim_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_multi-hop_htlc_remote_chain_claim_test.go
index 1aeff01e..72a3c63c 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_multi-hop_htlc_remote_chain_claim_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_multi-hop_htlc_remote_chain_claim_test.go
@@ -101,15 +101,17 @@ func testMultiHopHtlcRemoteChainClaim(net *lntest.NetworkHarness, t *harnessTest
 	// bob will attempt to redeem his anchor commitment (if the channel
 	// type is of that type).
 	if c == commitTypeAnchors {
-		_, err = waitForNTxsInMempool(net.Miner.Node, 1, minerMempoolTimeout)
+		_, err = waitForNTxsInMempool(
+			net.Miner.Node, 1, minerMempoolTimeout,
+		)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("unable to find bob's anchor commit sweep: %v", err)
-
+			t.Fatalf("unable to find bob's anchor commit sweep: %v",
+				err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Mine enough blocks for Alice to sweep her funds from the force
-	// closed channel. closeCHannelAndAssertType() already mined a block
+	// closed channel. closeChannelAndAssertType() already mined a block
 	// containing the commitment tx and the commit sweep tx will be
 	// broadcast immediately before it can be included in a block, so mine
 	// one less than defaultCSV in order to perform mempool assertions.
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
index 5dc089cb..e49c7090 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -53,6 +53,60 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+const (
+	// defaultSplitTranches is the default number of tranches we split the
+	// test cases into.
+	defaultSplitTranches uint = 1
+
+	// defaultRunTranche is the default index of the test cases tranche that
+	// we run.
+	defaultRunTranche uint = 0
+)
+
+var (
+	// testCasesSplitParts is the number of tranches the test cases should
+	// be split into. By default this is set to 1, so no splitting happens.
+	// If this value is increased, then the -runtranche flag must be
+	// specified as well to indicate which part should be run in the current
+	// invocation.
+	testCasesSplitTranches = flag.Uint(
+		"splittranches", defaultSplitTranches, "split the test cases "+
+			"in this many tranches and run the tranche at "+
+			"0-based index specified by the -runtranche flag",
+	)
+
+	// testCasesRunTranche is the 0-based index of the split test cases
+	// tranche to run in the current invocation.
+	testCasesRunTranche = flag.Uint(
+		"runtranche", defaultRunTranche, "run the tranche of the "+
+			"split test cases with the given (0-based) index",
+	)
+)
+
+// getTestCaseSplitTranche returns the sub slice of the test cases that should
+// be run as the current split tranche as well as the index and slice offset of
+// the tranche.
+func getTestCaseSplitTranche() ([]*testCase, uint, uint) {
+	numTranches := defaultSplitTranches
+	if testCasesSplitTranches != nil {
+		numTranches = *testCasesSplitTranches
+	}
+	runTranche := defaultRunTranche
+	if testCasesRunTranche != nil {
+		runTranche = *testCasesRunTranche
+	}
+
+	numCases := uint(len(allTestCases))
+	testsPerTranche := numCases / numTranches
+	trancheOffset := runTranche * testsPerTranche
+	trancheEnd := trancheOffset + testsPerTranche
+	if trancheEnd > numCases || runTranche == numTranches-1 {
+		trancheEnd = numCases
+	}
+
+	return allTestCases[trancheOffset:trancheEnd], runTranche, trancheOffset
+}
+
 func rpcPointToWirePoint(t *harnessTest, chanPoint *lnrpc.ChannelPoint) wire.OutPoint {
 	txid, err := lnd.GetChanPointFundingTxid(chanPoint)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2380,7 +2434,7 @@ func testOpenChannelAfterReorg(net *lntest.NetworkHarness, t *harnessTest) {
 	)
 
 	// Set up a new miner that we can use to cause a reorg.
-	tempLogDir := "./.tempminerlogs"
+	tempLogDir := fmt.Sprintf("%s/.tempminerlogs", lntest.GetLogDir())
 	logFilename := "output-open_channel_reorg-temp_miner.log"
 	tempMiner, tempMinerCleanUp, err := lntest.NewMiner(
 		tempLogDir, logFilename,
@@ -14098,10 +14152,16 @@ func getPaymentResult(stream routerrpc.Router_SendPaymentV2Client) (
 // programmatically driven network of lnd nodes.
 func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 	// If no tests are registered, then we can exit early.
-	if len(testsCases) == 0 {
+	if len(allTestCases) == 0 {
 		t.Skip("integration tests not selected with flag 'rpctest'")
 	}
 
+	// Parse testing flags that influence our test execution.
+	logDir := lntest.GetLogDir()
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(logDir, 0700))
+	testCases, trancheIndex, trancheOffset := getTestCaseSplitTranche()
+	lntest.ApplyPortOffset(uint32(trancheIndex) * 1000)
+
 	ht := newHarnessTest(t, nil)
 
 	// Declare the network harness here to gain access to its
@@ -14117,7 +14177,7 @@ func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 	// guarantees of getting included in to blocks.
 	//
 	// We will also connect it to our chain backend.
-	minerLogDir := "./.minerlogs"
+	minerLogDir := fmt.Sprintf("%s/.minerlogs", logDir)
 	miner, minerCleanUp, err := lntest.NewMiner(
 		minerLogDir, "output_btcd_miner.log",
 		harnessNetParams, &rpcclient.NotificationHandlers{},
@@ -14149,27 +14209,12 @@ func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Connect chainbackend to miner.
 	require.NoError(
-		t, chainBackend.ConnectMiner(),
-		"failed to connect to miner",
+		t, chainBackend.ConnectMiner(), "failed to connect to miner",
 	)
 
-	binary := itestLndBinary
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		// Windows (even in a bash like environment like git bash as on
-		// Travis) doesn't seem to like relative paths to exe files...
-		currentDir, err := os.Getwd()
-		if err != nil {
-			ht.Fatalf("unable to get working directory: %v", err)
-		}
-		targetPath := filepath.Join(currentDir, "../../lnd-itest.exe")
-		binary, err = filepath.Abs(targetPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			ht.Fatalf("unable to get absolute path: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Now we can set up our test harness (LND instance), with the chain
 	// backend we just created.
+	binary := ht.getLndBinary()
 	lndHarness, err = lntest.NewNetworkHarness(miner, chainBackend, binary)
 	if err != nil {
 		ht.Fatalf("unable to create lightning network harness: %v", err)
@@ -14187,7 +14232,8 @@ func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 				if !more {
 					return
 				}
-				ht.Logf("lnd finished with error (stderr):\n%v", err)
+				ht.Logf("lnd finished with error (stderr):\n%v",
+					err)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -14210,8 +14256,9 @@ func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 		ht.Fatalf("unable to set up test lightning network: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	t.Logf("Running %v integration tests", len(testsCases))
-	for _, testCase := range testsCases {
+	// Run the subset of the test cases selected in this tranche.
+	for idx, testCase := range testCases {
+		testCase := testCase
 		logLine := fmt.Sprintf("STARTING ============ %v ============\n",
 			testCase.name)
 
@@ -14232,7 +14279,10 @@ func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 		// Start every test with the default static fee estimate.
 		lndHarness.SetFeeEstimate(12500)
 
-		success := t.Run(testCase.name, func(t1 *testing.T) {
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("%02d-of-%d/%s/%s",
+			trancheOffset+uint(idx)+1, len(allTestCases),
+			chainBackend.Name(), testCase.name)
+		success := t.Run(name, func(t1 *testing.T) {
 			ht := newHarnessTest(t1, lndHarness)
 			ht.RunTestCase(testCase)
 		})
@@ -14242,8 +14292,9 @@ func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 		if !success {
 			// Log failure time to help relate the lnd logs to the
 			// failure.
-			t.Logf("Failure time: %v",
-				time.Now().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05.000"))
+			t.Logf("Failure time: %v", time.Now().Format(
+				"2006-01-02 15:04:05.000",
+			))
 			break
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_off_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_off_test.go
index ae18d5e0..59795f1d 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_off_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_off_test.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 package itest
 
-var testsCases = []*testCase{}
+var allTestCases = []*testCase{}
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_on_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_on_test.go
index 98910d22..3575213c 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_on_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_on_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 package itest
 
-var testsCases = []*testCase{
+var allTestCases = []*testCase{
+	{
+		name: "test multi-hop htlc",
+		test: testMultiHopHtlcClaims,
+	},
 	{
 		name: "sweep coins",
 		test: testSweepAllCoins,
@@ -144,10 +148,6 @@ var testsCases = []*testCase{
 		name: "async bidirectional payments",
 		test: testBidirectionalAsyncPayments,
 	},
-	{
-		name: "test multi-hop htlc",
-		test: testMultiHopHtlcClaims,
-	},
 	{
 		name: "switch circuit persistence",
 		test: testSwitchCircuitPersistence,
diff --git a/lntest/itest/test_harness.go b/lntest/itest/test_harness.go
index a3c47528..45248f60 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/test_harness.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/test_harness.go
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ package itest
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -20,6 +24,11 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	harnessNetParams = &chaincfg.RegressionNetParams
+
+	// lndExecutable is the full path to the lnd binary.
+	lndExecutable = flag.String(
+		"lndexec", itestLndBinary, "full path to lnd binary",
+	)
 )
 
 const (
@@ -111,6 +120,31 @@ func (h *harnessTest) Log(args ...interface{}) {
 	h.t.Log(args...)
 }
 
+func (h *harnessTest) getLndBinary() string {
+	binary := itestLndBinary
+	lndExec := ""
+	if lndExecutable != nil && *lndExecutable != "" {
+		lndExec = *lndExecutable
+	}
+	if lndExec == "" && runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		// Windows (even in a bash like environment like git bash as on
+		// Travis) doesn't seem to like relative paths to exe files...
+		currentDir, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			h.Fatalf("unable to get working directory: %v", err)
+		}
+		targetPath := filepath.Join(currentDir, "../../lnd-itest.exe")
+		binary, err = filepath.Abs(targetPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			h.Fatalf("unable to get absolute path: %v", err)
+		}
+	} else if lndExec != "" {
+		binary = lndExec
+	}
+
+	return binary
+}
+
 type testCase struct {
 	name string
 	test func(net *lntest.NetworkHarness, t *harnessTest)
diff --git a/lntest/node.go b/lntest/node.go
index cdf0be03..cb368e75 100644
--- a/lntest/node.go
+++ b/lntest/node.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const (
 	// defaultNodePort is the start of the range for listening ports of
 	// harness nodes. Ports are monotonically increasing starting from this
 	// number and are determined by the results of nextAvailablePort().
-	defaultNodePort = 19555
+	defaultNodePort = 5555
 
 	// logPubKeyBytes is the number of bytes of the node's PubKey that will
 	// be appended to the log file name. The whole PubKey is too long and
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ var (
 	logOutput = flag.Bool("logoutput", false,
 		"log output from node n to file output-n.log")
 
+	// logSubDir is the default directory where the logs are written to if
+	// logOutput is true.
+	logSubDir = flag.String("logdir", ".", "default dir to write logs to")
+
 	// goroutineDump is a flag that can be set to dump the active
 	// goroutines of test nodes on failure.
 	goroutineDump = flag.Bool("goroutinedump", false,
@@ -104,6 +108,21 @@ func nextAvailablePort() int {
 	panic("no ports available for listening")
 }
 
+// ApplyPortOffset adds the given offset to the lastPort variable, making it
+// possible to run the tests in parallel without colliding on the same ports.
+func ApplyPortOffset(offset uint32) {
+	_ = atomic.AddUint32(&lastPort, offset)
+}
+
+// GetLogDir returns the passed --logdir flag or the default value if it wasn't
+// set.
+func GetLogDir() string {
+	if logSubDir != nil && *logSubDir != "" {
+		return *logSubDir
+	}
+	return "."
+}
+
 // generateListeningPorts returns four ints representing ports to listen on
 // designated for the current lightning network test. This returns the next
 // available ports for the p2p, rpc, rest and profiling services.
@@ -386,11 +405,9 @@ func NewMiner(logDir, logFilename string, netParams *chaincfg.Params,
 
 		// After shutting down the miner, we'll make a copy of the log
 		// file before deleting the temporary log dir.
-		logFile := fmt.Sprintf(
-			"%s/%s/btcd.log", logDir, netParams.Name,
-		)
-		copyPath := fmt.Sprintf("./%s", logFilename)
-		err := CopyFile(copyPath, logFile)
+		logFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/btcd.log", logDir, netParams.Name)
+		copyPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/../%s", logDir, logFilename)
+		err := CopyFile(filepath.Clean(copyPath), logFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy file: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -475,24 +492,28 @@ func (hn *HarnessNode) start(lndBinary string, lndError chan<- error) error {
 	// If the logoutput flag is passed, redirect output from the nodes to
 	// log files.
 	if *logOutput {
-		fileName := fmt.Sprintf("output-%d-%s-%s.log", hn.NodeID,
+		dir := GetLogDir()
+		fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/output-%d-%s-%s.log", dir, hn.NodeID,
 			hn.Cfg.Name, hex.EncodeToString(hn.PubKey[:logPubKeyBytes]))
 
 		// If the node's PubKey is not yet initialized, create a temporary
 		// file name. Later, after the PubKey has been initialized, the
 		// file can be moved to its final name with the PubKey included.
 		if bytes.Equal(hn.PubKey[:4], []byte{0, 0, 0, 0}) {
-			fileName = fmt.Sprintf("output-%d-%s-tmp__.log", hn.NodeID,
-				hn.Cfg.Name)
+			fileName = fmt.Sprintf("%s/output-%d-%s-tmp__.log",
+				dir, hn.NodeID, hn.Cfg.Name)
 
 			// Once the node has done its work, the log file can be renamed.
 			finalizeLogfile = func() {
 				if hn.logFile != nil {
 					hn.logFile.Close()
 
-					newFileName := fmt.Sprintf("output-%d-%s-%s.log",
-						hn.NodeID, hn.Cfg.Name,
-						hex.EncodeToString(hn.PubKey[:logPubKeyBytes]))
+					pubKeyHex := hex.EncodeToString(
+						hn.PubKey[:logPubKeyBytes],
+					)
+					newFileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/output"+
+						"-%d-%s-%s.log", dir, hn.NodeID,
+						hn.Cfg.Name, pubKeyHex)
 					err := os.Rename(fileName, newFileName)
 					if err != nil {
 						fmt.Printf("could not rename "+
diff --git a/make/testing_flags.mk b/make/testing_flags.mk
index 1443ab5b..f64d859c 100644
--- a/make/testing_flags.mk
+++ b/make/testing_flags.mk
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ RPC_TAGS = autopilotrpc chainrpc invoicesrpc routerrpc signrpc verrpc walletrpc
 LOG_TAGS =
 TEST_FLAGS =
 COVER_PKG = $$(go list -deps ./... | grep '$(PKG)' | grep -v lnrpc)
+NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES = 6
 
 # If rpc option is set also add all extra RPC tags to DEV_TAGS
 ifneq ($(with-rpc),)
 DEV_TAGS += $(RPC_TAGS)
 endif
 
+# Scale the number of parallel running itest tranches.
+ifneq ($(tranches),)
+NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES = $(tranches)
+endif
+
 # If specific package is being unit tested, construct the full name of the
 # subpackage.
 ifneq ($(pkg),)
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ endif
 
 # Define the integration test.run filter if the icase argument was provided.
 ifneq ($(icase),)
-TEST_FLAGS += -test.run=TestLightningNetworkDaemon/$(icase)
+TEST_FLAGS += -test.run="TestLightningNetworkDaemon/.*-of-.*/.*/$(icase)"
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(tags),)
diff --git a/scripts/itest_part.sh b/scripts/itest_part.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..52c3481c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/itest_part.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Let's work with absolute paths only, we run in the itest directory itself.
+WORKDIR=$(pwd)/lntest/itest
+
+TRANCHE=$1
+NUM_TRANCHES=$2
+
+# Shift the passed parameters by two, giving us all remaining testing flags in
+# the $@ special variable.
+shift
+shift
+
+# Windows insists on having the .exe suffix for an executable, we need to add
+# that here if necessary.
+EXEC="$WORKDIR"/itest.test"$EXEC_SUFFIX"
+LND_EXEC="$WORKDIR"/lnd-itest"$EXEC_SUFFIX"
+echo $EXEC -test.v "$@" -logoutput -goroutinedump -logdir=.logs-tranche$TRANCHE -lndexec=$LND_EXEC -splittranches=$NUM_TRANCHES -runtranche=$TRANCHE
+
+# Exit code 255 causes the parallel jobs to abort, so if one part fails the
+# other is aborted too.
+cd "$WORKDIR" || exit 255
+$EXEC -test.v "$@" -logoutput -goroutinedump -logdir=.logs-tranche$TRANCHE -lndexec=$LND_EXEC -splittranches=$NUM_TRANCHES -runtranche=$TRANCHE || exit 255