diff --git a/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter.mk b/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter.mk
index fce3367bd0e7..ed8fc7d29783 100644
--- a/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter.mk
+++ b/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter.mk
@@ -9,81 +9,7 @@
 #
 #*************************************************************************
 
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_CppunitTest,sw_uiwriter))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_common_precompiled_header,sw_uiwriter))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_exception_objects,sw_uiwriter, \
-    sw/qa/extras/uiwriter/uiwriter \
-))
-
-# note: this links msword only for the reason to have an order dependency,
-# because "make sw.check" will not see the dependency through services.rdb
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_libraries,sw_uiwriter, \
-    comphelper \
-    cppu \
-    cppuhelper \
-    editeng \
-    i18nlangtag \
-    msword \
-    sal \
-    sfx \
-    svl \
-    svt \
-    svxcore \
-    sw \
-	swqahelper \
-    test \
-    unotest \
-    vcl \
-    tl \
-    utl \
-    svx \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_externals,sw_uiwriter,\
-    boost_headers \
-    libxml2 \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_set_include,sw_uiwriter,\
-    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/inc \
-    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/core/inc \
-    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/uibase/inc \
-    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/filter/inc \
-    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/filter/html \
-    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/qa/inc \
-    $$(INCLUDE) \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_api,sw_uiwriter,\
-	udkapi \
-	offapi \
-	oovbaapi \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_ure,sw_uiwriter))
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_vcl,sw_uiwriter))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_rdb,sw_uiwriter,services))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_configuration,sw_uiwriter))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_uiconfigs,sw_uiwriter, \
-    modules/swriter \
-    sfx \
-    svt \
-    svx \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_packages,sw_uiwriter, \
-    oox_customshapes \
-    sfx2_classification \
-))
-
-$(call gb_CppunitTest_get_target,sw_uiwriter): \
-    $(call gb_Library_get_target,textconv_dict)
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_more_fonts,sw_uiwriter))
+# empty second argument (i.e. no 1)
+$(eval $(call sw_uiwriter_test,))
 
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter2.mk b/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter2.mk
index 898fd23645d4..b05c5ecd1855 100644
--- a/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter2.mk
+++ b/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter2.mk
@@ -9,81 +9,6 @@
 #
 #*************************************************************************
 
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_CppunitTest,sw_uiwriter2))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_common_precompiled_header,sw_uiwriter2))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_exception_objects,sw_uiwriter2, \
-	sw/qa/extras/uiwriter/uiwriter2 \
-))
-
-# note: this links msword only for the reason to have an order dependency,
-# because "make sw.check" will not see the dependency through services.rdb
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_libraries,sw_uiwriter2, \
-	comphelper \
-	cppu \
-	cppuhelper \
-	editeng \
-	i18nlangtag \
-	msword \
-	sal \
-	sfx \
-	svl \
-	svt \
-	svxcore \
-	sw \
-	swqahelper \
-	test \
-	unotest \
-	vcl \
-	tl \
-	utl \
-	svx \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_externals,sw_uiwriter2,\
-	boost_headers \
-	libxml2 \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_set_include,sw_uiwriter2,\
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/inc \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/core/inc \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/uibase/inc \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/filter/inc \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/filter/html \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/qa/inc \
-	$$(INCLUDE) \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_api,sw_uiwriter2,\
-	udkapi \
-	offapi \
-	oovbaapi \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_ure,sw_uiwriter2))
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_vcl,sw_uiwriter2))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_rdb,sw_uiwriter2,services))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_configuration,sw_uiwriter2))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_uiconfigs,sw_uiwriter2, \
-	modules/swriter \
-	sfx \
-	svt \
-	svx \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_packages,sw_uiwriter2, \
-	oox_customshapes \
-	sfx2_classification \
-))
-
-$(call gb_CppunitTest_get_target,sw_uiwriter2): \
-	$(call gb_Library_get_target,textconv_dict)
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_more_fonts,sw_uiwriter2))
+$(eval $(call sw_uiwriter_test,2))
 
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter3.mk b/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter3.mk
index 4bea79b99da6..70c6cab223e3 100644
--- a/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter3.mk
+++ b/sw/CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter3.mk
@@ -9,81 +9,6 @@
 #
 #*************************************************************************
 
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_CppunitTest,sw_uiwriter3))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_common_precompiled_header,sw_uiwriter3))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_exception_objects,sw_uiwriter3, \
-	sw/qa/extras/uiwriter/uiwriter3 \
-))
-
-# note: this links msword only for the reason to have an order dependency,
-# because "make sw.check" will not see the dependency through services.rdb
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_libraries,sw_uiwriter3, \
-	comphelper \
-	cppu \
-	cppuhelper \
-	editeng \
-	i18nlangtag \
-	msword \
-	sal \
-	sfx \
-	svl \
-	svt \
-	svxcore \
-	sw \
-	swqahelper \
-	test \
-	unotest \
-	vcl \
-	tl \
-	utl \
-	svx \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_externals,sw_uiwriter3,\
-	boost_headers \
-	libxml2 \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_set_include,sw_uiwriter3,\
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/inc \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/core/inc \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/uibase/inc \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/filter/inc \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/filter/html \
-	-I$(SRCDIR)/sw/qa/inc \
-	$$(INCLUDE) \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_api,sw_uiwriter3,\
-	udkapi \
-	offapi \
-	oovbaapi \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_ure,sw_uiwriter3))
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_vcl,sw_uiwriter3))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_rdb,sw_uiwriter3,services))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_configuration,sw_uiwriter3))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_uiconfigs,sw_uiwriter3, \
-	modules/swriter \
-	sfx \
-	svt \
-	svx \
-))
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_packages,sw_uiwriter3, \
-	oox_customshapes \
-	sfx2_classification \
-))
-
-$(call gb_CppunitTest_get_target,sw_uiwriter3): \
-	$(call gb_Library_get_target,textconv_dict)
-
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_more_fonts,sw_uiwriter3))
+$(eval $(call sw_uiwriter_test,3))
 
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/sw/Module_sw.mk b/sw/Module_sw.mk
index dc976c4eb7b5..cdd515a693b1 100644
--- a/sw/Module_sw.mk
+++ b/sw/Module_sw.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 include $(SRCDIR)/sw/ooxmlexport_setup.mk
+include $(SRCDIR)/sw/uiwriter_setup.mk
 
 $(eval $(call gb_Module_Module,sw))
 
diff --git a/sw/uiwriter_setup.mk b/sw/uiwriter_setup.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce7544772447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sw/uiwriter_setup.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# -*- Mode: makefile-gmake; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
+#*************************************************************************
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+#*************************************************************************
+
+define sw_uiwriter_libraries
+    comphelper \
+    cppu \
+    cppuhelper \
+    editeng \
+    i18nlangtag \
+    msword \
+    sal \
+    sfx \
+    svl \
+    svt \
+    svxcore \
+    sw \
+    swqahelper \
+    test \
+    unotest \
+    vcl \
+    tl \
+    utl \
+    svx
+endef
+
+# template for uiwriter tests (there are several so that they can be run in parallel)
+define sw_uiwriter_test
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_CppunitTest,sw_uiwriter$(1)))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_common_precompiled_header,sw_uiwriter$(1)))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_exception_objects,sw_uiwriter$(1), \
+    sw/qa/extras/uiwriter/uiwriter$(1) \
+))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_libraries,sw_uiwriter$(1), \
+	$(sw_uiwriter_libraries) \
+))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_externals,sw_uiwriter$(1),\
+	boost_headers \
+    libxml2 \
+))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_set_include,sw_uiwriter$(1),\
+    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/inc \
+    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/core/inc \
+    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/uibase/inc \
+    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/filter/inc \
+    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/source/filter/html \
+    -I$(SRCDIR)/sw/qa/inc \
+    $$(INCLUDE) \
+))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_api,sw_uiwriter$(1),\
+	udkapi \
+	offapi \
+	oovbaapi \
+))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_ure,sw_uiwriter$(1)))
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_vcl,sw_uiwriter$(1)))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_rdb,sw_uiwriter$(1),services))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_configuration,sw_uiwriter$(1)))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_uiconfigs,sw_uiwriter$(1),\
+    modules/swriter \
+    sfx \
+    svt \
+    svx \
+))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_packages,sw_uiwriter$(1),\
+    oox_customshapes \
+    sfx2_classification \
+))
+
+$(call gb_CppunitTest_get_target,sw_uiwriter$(1)) : $(call gb_Library_get_target,textconv_dict)
+
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_more_fonts,sw_uiwriter$(1)))
+
+endef
+
+# vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4: