diff --git a/faillint/faillint.go b/faillint/faillint.go
index 52ff408..d69b9f5 100644
--- a/faillint/faillint.go
+++ b/faillint/faillint.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type path struct {
 type faillint struct {
 	paths       string // -paths flag
 	ignoretests bool   // -ignore-tests flag
+	onlytests   bool   // -only-tests flag.
 }
 
 // NewAnalyzer create a faillint analyzer.
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@ Fail on the usage of prometheus.DefaultGatherer and prometheus.MustRegister
 Fail on the usage of errors, golang.org/x/net and all sub packages under golang.org/x/net
   -paths errors,golang.org/x/net/...`)
 	a.Flags.BoolVar(&f.ignoretests, "ignore-tests", false, "ignore all _test.go files")
+	a.Flags.BoolVar(&f.onlytests, "only-tests", false, `only run on functions that begin with Fuzz, Test, or Benchmark. E.g.:
+Fail on the usage of time.Sleep in tests:
+  -paths time.{Sleep} -only-tests=true
+
+Hard-coded sleep durations can lead to flaky tests, it is more useful to wait until some condition is true in a loop`)
 	return a
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ func (f *faillint) run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
 					continue
 				}
 
-				usages := importUsages(pass, commentMap, file, spec)
+				usages := importUsages(pass, commentMap, file, spec, f.onlytests)
 				if len(usages) == 0 {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -177,7 +183,7 @@ func (f *faillint) run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
 }
 
 // importUsages reports all exported declaration used for a given import.
-func importUsages(pass *analysis.Pass, commentMap ast.CommentMap, f *ast.File, spec *ast.ImportSpec) map[string][]token.Pos {
+func importUsages(pass *analysis.Pass, commentMap ast.CommentMap, f *ast.File, spec *ast.ImportSpec, onlytests bool) map[string][]token.Pos {
 	importRef := spec.Name.String()
 	switch importRef {
 	case "<nil>":
@@ -194,7 +200,12 @@ func importUsages(pass *analysis.Pass, commentMap ast.CommentMap, f *ast.File, s
 	}
 	usages := map[string][]token.Pos{}
 
+	var lastFunc *ast.FuncDecl
+
 	ast.Inspect(f, func(n ast.Node) bool {
+		if funcDecl, ok := n.(*ast.FuncDecl); ok {
+			lastFunc = funcDecl
+		}
 		sel, ok := n.(*ast.SelectorExpr)
 		if !ok {
 			return true
@@ -203,6 +214,24 @@ func importUsages(pass *analysis.Pass, commentMap ast.CommentMap, f *ast.File, s
 			if usageHasDirective(pass, commentMap, n, sel.Sel.NamePos, ignoreKey) {
 				return true
 			}
+
+			if onlytests {
+				if lastFunc == nil {
+					return true
+				}
+				if !strings.HasPrefix(lastFunc.Name.Name, "Test") &&
+					!strings.HasPrefix(lastFunc.Name.Name, "Benchmark") &&
+					!strings.HasPrefix(lastFunc.Name.Name, "Fuzz") {
+					return true
+				}
+
+				start := lastFunc.Pos()
+				end := lastFunc.End()
+
+				if sel.Pos() < start || sel.End() > end {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
 			usages[sel.Sel.Name] = append(usages[sel.Sel.Name], sel.Sel.NamePos)
 		}
 		return true
diff --git a/faillint/faillint_test.go b/faillint/faillint_test.go
index 954da8c..2901541 100644
--- a/faillint/faillint_test.go
+++ b/faillint/faillint_test.go
@@ -188,8 +188,21 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 		dir   string
 		paths string
 
-		ignoreTestFiles bool
+		ignoreTestFiles   bool
+		onlyTestFunctions bool
 	}{
+		{
+			name:              "sleep in a function which is not a test",
+			dir:               "sleepintest",
+			paths:             "time.{Sleep}",
+			onlyTestFunctions: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "sleep in a function which is not a test",
+			dir:               "sleepintest_err",
+			paths:             "time.{Sleep}",
+			onlyTestFunctions: true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:  "unwanted errors package present",
 			dir:   "a",
@@ -320,6 +333,9 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 			if tcase.ignoreTestFiles {
 				f.Flags.Set("ignore-tests", "true")
 			}
+			if tcase.onlyTestFunctions {
+				f.Flags.Set("only-tests", "true")
+			}
 
 			// No assertion on result is required as 'analysistest' is for that.
 			// All expected diagnosis should be specified by comment in affected file starting with `// want`.
diff --git a/faillint/testdata/src/sleepintest/sleepintest_test.go b/faillint/testdata/src/sleepintest/sleepintest_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c55e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faillint/testdata/src/sleepintest/sleepintest_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package sleepintest
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+func fooTest() {
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+}
diff --git a/faillint/testdata/src/sleepintest_err/sleepintest_test.go b/faillint/testdata/src/sleepintest_err/sleepintest_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b00ee1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faillint/testdata/src/sleepintest_err/sleepintest_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package sleepintest
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestFoo(t *testing.T) {
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // want `declaration "Sleep" from package "time" shouldn't be used`
+}