diff --git a/lib/std/Build.zig b/lib/std/Build.zig
index e3006fa25513..70cf752a008b 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build.zig
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ pub const TestOptions = struct {
     name: []const u8 = "test",
     root_module: *Module,
     max_rss: usize = 0,
+    exact_filters: bool = false,
     filters: []const []const u8 = &.{},
     test_runner: ?Step.Compile.TestRunner = null,
     use_llvm: ?bool = null,
@@ -881,6 +882,7 @@ pub fn addTest(b: *Build, options: TestOptions) *Step.Compile {
         .kind = if (options.emit_object) .test_obj else .@"test",
         .root_module = options.root_module,
         .max_rss = options.max_rss,
+        .exact_filters = options.exact_filters,
         .filters = b.dupeStrings(options.filters),
         .test_runner = options.test_runner,
         .use_llvm = options.use_llvm,
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
index 0f47a0b64781..c7dc61689d0f 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ global_base: ?u64 = null,
 /// Set via options; intended to be read-only after that.
 zig_lib_dir: ?LazyPath,
 exec_cmd_args: ?[]const ?[]const u8,
+exact_filters: bool,
 filters: []const []const u8,
 test_runner: ?TestRunner,
 wasi_exec_model: ?std.builtin.WasiExecModel = null,
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ pub const Options = struct {
     linkage: ?std.builtin.LinkMode = null,
     version: ?std.SemanticVersion = null,
     max_rss: usize = 0,
+    exact_filters: bool = false,
     filters: []const []const u8 = &.{},
     test_runner: ?TestRunner = null,
     use_llvm: ?bool = null,
@@ -424,6 +426,7 @@ pub fn create(owner: *std.Build, options: Options) *Compile {
         .installed_headers = std.array_list.Managed(HeaderInstallation).init(owner.allocator),
         .zig_lib_dir = null,
         .exec_cmd_args = null,
+        .exact_filters = options.exact_filters,
         .filters = options.filters,
         .test_runner = null, // set below
         .rdynamic = false,
@@ -1464,7 +1467,8 @@ fn getZigArgs(compile: *Compile, fuzz: bool) ![][]const u8 {
     }
 
     for (compile.filters) |filter| {
-        try zig_args.append("--test-filter");
+        const flag = if (compile.exact_filters) "--test-filter-exact" else "--test-filter";
+        try zig_args.append(flag);
         try zig_args.append(filter);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index 86b1356a3f11..25f8f507bc17 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ mutex: if (builtin.single_threaded) struct {
     pub inline fn unlock(_: @This()) void {}
 } else std.Thread.Mutex = .{},
 
+/// Filter tests by exact fully qualified name
+test_filter_exact: bool,
+
 test_filters: []const []const u8,
 
 link_task_wait_group: WaitGroup = .{},
@@ -1415,6 +1418,7 @@ pub const MiscTask = enum {
     analyze_mod,
     docs_copy,
     docs_wasm,
+    test_filter_match,
 
     @"musl crt1.o",
     @"musl rcrt1.o",
@@ -1763,6 +1767,7 @@ pub const CreateOptions = struct {
     native_system_include_paths: []const []const u8 = &.{},
     clang_preprocessor_mode: ClangPreprocessorMode = .no,
     reference_trace: ?u32 = null,
+    test_filter_exact: bool = false,
     test_filters: []const []const u8 = &.{},
     test_runner_path: ?[]const u8 = null,
     subsystem: ?std.Target.SubSystem = null,
@@ -2263,6 +2268,7 @@ pub fn create(gpa: Allocator, arena: Allocator, diag: *CreateDiagnostic, options
             .reference_trace = options.reference_trace,
             .time_report = if (options.time_report) .init else null,
             .stack_report = options.stack_report,
+            .test_filter_exact = options.test_filter_exact,
             .test_filters = options.test_filters,
             .debug_compiler_runtime_libs = options.debug_compiler_runtime_libs,
             .debug_compile_errors = options.debug_compile_errors,
@@ -2413,6 +2419,7 @@ pub fn create(gpa: Allocator, arena: Allocator, diag: *CreateDiagnostic, options
                 hash.add(options.config.use_new_linker);
                 hash.add(options.config.dll_export_fns);
                 hash.add(options.config.is_test);
+                hash.add(options.test_filter_exact);
                 hash.addListOfBytes(options.test_filters);
                 hash.add(options.skip_linker_dependencies);
                 hash.add(options.emit_h != .no);
@@ -3114,6 +3121,46 @@ pub fn update(comp: *Compilation, main_progress_node: std.Progress.Node) UpdateE
                 // The `test_functions` decl has been intentionally postponed until now,
                 // at which point we must populate it with the list of test functions that
                 // have been discovered and not filtered out.
+
+                if (comp.test_filter_exact) {
+                    if (comp.test_filters.len > zcu.test_functions.count()) {
+                        const ip = &zcu.intern_pool;
+
+                        var eb: ErrorBundle.Wip = undefined;
+                        eb.init(gpa) catch return comp.setAllocFailure();
+
+                        seen_test: for (comp.test_filters) |filter| {
+                            for (zcu.test_functions.keys()) |test_nav_index| {
+                                const test_nav = ip.getNav(test_nav_index);
+                                const test_nav_name = test_nav.fqn;
+                                const test_name = test_nav_name.toSlice(&zcu.intern_pool);
+                                if (std.mem.eql(u8, filter, test_name)) {
+                                    continue :seen_test;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            eb.addRootErrorMessage(.{
+                                .msg = try eb.printString(
+                                    "no test '{s}' found",
+                                    .{filter},
+                                ),
+                            }) catch return comp.setAllocFailure();
+                        }
+
+                        const children = eb.toOwnedBundle("") catch
+                            return comp.setAllocFailure();
+                        comp.misc_failures.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, 1) catch
+                            return comp.setAllocFailure();
+                        const msg = gpa.dupe(u8, "could not find all requested tests") catch
+                            return comp.setAllocFailure();
+                        const gop = comp.misc_failures.getOrPutAssumeCapacity(.test_filter_match);
+                        if (gop.found_existing) {
+                            gop.value_ptr.deinit(gpa);
+                        }
+                        gop.value_ptr.* = .{ .msg = msg, .children = children };
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 try pt.populateTestFunctions();
             }
 
@@ -3463,6 +3510,7 @@ fn addNonIncrementalStuffToCacheManifest(
         try addModuleTableToCacheHash(zcu, arena, &man.hash, .{ .files = man });
 
         // Synchronize with other matching comments: ZigOnlyHashStuff
+        man.hash.add(comp.test_filter_exact);
         man.hash.addListOfBytes(comp.test_filters);
         man.hash.add(comp.skip_linker_dependencies);
         //man.hash.add(zcu.emit_h != .no);
diff --git a/src/Zcu.zig b/src/Zcu.zig
index 642d743145ff..bfc84fde522d 100644
--- a/src/Zcu.zig
+++ b/src/Zcu.zig
@@ -4124,10 +4124,14 @@ fn resolveReferencesInner(zcu: *Zcu) !std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(AnalUnit, ?Resolv
                 const want_analysis = switch (decl.kind) {
                     .@"const", .@"var" => unreachable,
                     .@"comptime" => unreachable,
-                    .unnamed_test => true,
+                    .unnamed_test => !comp.test_filter_exact,
                     .@"test", .decltest => a: {
                         const fqn_slice = nav.fqn.toSlice(ip);
-                        if (comp.test_filters.len > 0) {
+                        if (comp.test_filter_exact) {
+                            for (comp.test_filters) |test_filter| {
+                                if (std.mem.eql(u8, fqn_slice, test_filter)) break;
+                            } else break :a false;
+                        } else if (comp.test_filters.len > 0) {
                             for (comp.test_filters) |test_filter| {
                                 if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, fqn_slice, test_filter) != null) break;
                             } else break :a false;
diff --git a/src/Zcu/PerThread.zig b/src/Zcu/PerThread.zig
index 62b8756c4948..f84497ecdf03 100644
--- a/src/Zcu/PerThread.zig
+++ b/src/Zcu/PerThread.zig
@@ -2752,12 +2752,18 @@ const ScanDeclIter = struct {
                         // Perhaps we should add all test indiscriminately and filter at the end of the update.
                         if (!comp.config.is_test) break :a false;
                         if (file.mod != zcu.main_mod) break :a false;
-                        if (is_named and comp.test_filters.len > 0) {
+                        if (is_named) {
                             const fqn_slice = fqn.toSlice(ip);
-                            for (comp.test_filters) |test_filter| {
-                                if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, fqn_slice, test_filter) != null) break;
-                            } else break :a false;
-                        }
+                            if (comp.test_filter_exact) {
+                                for (comp.test_filters) |test_filter| {
+                                    if (std.mem.eql(u8, fqn_slice, test_filter)) break;
+                                } else break :a false;
+                            } else if (comp.test_filters.len > 0) {
+                                for (comp.test_filters) |test_filter| {
+                                    if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, fqn_slice, test_filter) != null) break;
+                                } else break :a false;
+                            }
+                        } else if (comp.test_filter_exact) break :a false;
                         try zcu.test_functions.put(gpa, nav, {});
                         break :a true;
                     },
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 89a552de0b1b..15309f935674 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -652,6 +652,9 @@ const usage_build_generic =
     \\
     \\Test Options:
     \\  --test-filter [text]           Skip tests that do not match any filter
+    \\  --test-filter-exact [text]     Include the test with specified fully qualified name; this flag
+    \\                                 can be passed multiple times to include more than one test.
+    \\                                 Cannot be used with --test-filter.
     \\  --test-cmd [arg]               Specify test execution command one arg at a time
     \\  --test-cmd-bin                 Appends test binary path to test cmd args
     \\  --test-no-exec                 Compiles test binary without running it
@@ -878,6 +881,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
     var build_id: ?std.zig.BuildId = null;
     var runtime_args_start: ?usize = null;
     var test_filters: std.ArrayListUnmanaged([]const u8) = .empty;
+    var test_filter_mode_exact: ?bool = null;
     var test_runner_path: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var override_local_cache_dir: ?[]const u8 = try EnvVar.ZIG_LOCAL_CACHE_DIR.get(arena);
     var override_global_cache_dir: ?[]const u8 = try EnvVar.ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR.get(arena);
@@ -1299,6 +1303,18 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                     } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--libc")) {
                         create_module.libc_paths_file = args_iter.nextOrFatal();
                     } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--test-filter")) {
+                        if (test_filter_mode_exact) |b| {
+                            if (b) {
+                                fatal("cannot use both --test-filter and --test-filter-exact", .{});
+                            }
+                        } else test_filter_mode_exact = false;
+                        try test_filters.append(arena, args_iter.nextOrFatal());
+                    } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--test-filter-exact")) {
+                        if (test_filter_mode_exact) |b| {
+                            if (!b) {
+                                fatal("cannot use both --test-filter and --test-filter-exact", .{});
+                            }
+                        } else test_filter_mode_exact = true;
                         try test_filters.append(arena, args_iter.nextOrFatal());
                     } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--test-runner")) {
                         test_runner_path = args_iter.nextOrFatal();
@@ -3465,6 +3481,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
         .time_report = time_report,
         .stack_report = stack_report,
         .build_id = build_id,
+        .test_filter_exact = test_filter_mode_exact orelse false,
         .test_filters = test_filters.items,
         .test_runner_path = test_runner_path,
         .cache_mode = cache_mode,
diff --git a/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/build.zig b/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92059361ce88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
+    const root_module = b.createModule(.{
+        .root_source_file = b.path("main.zig"),
+        .target = b.graph.host,
+    });
+
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run the tests");
+
+    const test_runner: std.Build.Step.Compile.TestRunner = .{
+        .path = b.path("test_runner.zig"),
+        .mode = .simple,
+    };
+
+    for (passing_filters) |filters| {
+        const test_exe = b.addTest(.{
+            .root_module = root_module,
+            .filters = filters,
+            .exact_filters = true,
+            .test_runner = test_runner,
+        });
+
+        const run = b.addRunArtifact(test_exe);
+
+        for (filters) |filter| {
+            run.addCheck(.{ .expect_stdout_match = filter });
+        }
+        test_step.dependOn(&run.step);
+    }
+
+    var errors: std.ArrayListUnmanaged([]const u8) = .empty;
+
+    for (misspelt_filters) |f| {
+        const filters: [2][]const u8 = .{ f[0][0], if (f.len == 2) f[1][0] else undefined };
+
+        const test_exe = b.addTest(.{
+            .root_module = root_module,
+            .filters = filters[0..f.len],
+            .exact_filters = true,
+        });
+
+        try errors.append(b.allocator, "error: could not find all requested tests");
+        for (f) |x| {
+            if (x[1]) {
+                try errors.append(b.allocator, b.fmt("note: no test '{s}' found", .{x[0]}));
+            }
+        }
+        test_exe.expect_errors = .{ .exact = try errors.toOwnedSlice(b.allocator) };
+        test_step.dependOn(&test_exe.step);
+    }
+
+    const fqn_clash_exe = b.addTest(.{
+        .root_module = b.createModule(.{
+            .root_source_file = b.path("fqn_clash.zig"),
+            .target = b.graph.host,
+        }),
+        .filters = &.{"fqn_clash.test.test.name"},
+        .exact_filters = true,
+        .test_runner = test_runner,
+    });
+
+    const fqn_run = b.addRunArtifact(fqn_clash_exe);
+    fqn_run.expectStdOutEqual(
+        \\fqn_clash.test.test.name
+        \\fqn_clash.test.test.name
+        \\
+    );
+
+    test_step.dependOn(&fqn_run.step);
+}
+
+const passing_filters = [_][]const []const u8{
+    &.{"main.struct_name.test.testname"},
+    &.{ "main.struct_name.test.testname", "main.test.struct_name.testname" },
+    &.{ "main.test.struct_name.testname", "main.struct_name.test.testname" },
+    &.{"main.test.struct_name.testname"},
+};
+
+const misspelt_filters = [_][]const struct { []const u8, bool }{
+    &.{.{ "main.struct_name.test.testnam", true }},
+    &.{.{ "ain.struct_name.test.testname", true }},
+    &.{.{ "main.test.struct_name.testnam", true }},
+    &.{.{ "ain.test.struct_name.testname", true }},
+
+    &.{ .{ "main.struct_name.test.testnam", true }, .{ "main.test.struct_name.testname", false } },
+    &.{ .{ "main.struct_name.test.testnam", true }, .{ "main.test.struct_name.testnam", true } },
+    &.{ .{ "main.struct_name.test.testnam", true }, .{ "ain.test.struct_name.testname", true } },
+
+    &.{ .{ "ain.struct_name.test.testname", true }, .{ "main.test.struct_name.testname", false } },
+    &.{ .{ "ain.struct_name.test.testname", true }, .{ "main.test.struct_name.testnam", true } },
+    &.{ .{ "ain.struct_name.test.testname", true }, .{ "ain.test.struct_name.testname", true } },
+
+    &.{ .{ "main.test.struct_name.testnam", true }, .{ "main.struct_name.test.testname", false } },
+    &.{ .{ "main.test.struct_name.testnam", true }, .{ "main.struct_name.test.testnam", true } },
+    &.{ .{ "main.test.struct_name.testnam", true }, .{ "ain.struct_name.test.testname", true } },
+
+    &.{ .{ "ain.test.struct_name.testname", true }, .{ "main.struct_name.test.testname", false } },
+    &.{ .{ "ain.test.struct_name.testname", true }, .{ "main.struct_name.test.testnam", true } },
+    &.{ .{ "ain.test.struct_name.testname", true }, .{ "ain.struct_name.test.testname", true } },
+
+    &.{ .{ "main.struct_name.test.testname", false }, .{ "main.test.struct_name.testnam", true } },
+    &.{ .{ "main.struct_name.test.testname", false }, .{ "ain.test.struct_name.testname", true } },
+
+    &.{ .{ "main.test.struct_name.testname", false }, .{ "main.struct_name.test.testnam", true } },
+    &.{ .{ "main.test.struct_name.testname", false }, .{ "ain.struct_name.test.testname", true } },
+};
+
+const std = @import("std");
diff --git a/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/fqn_clash.zig b/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/fqn_clash.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ecb31fd24e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/fqn_clash.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+test "test.name" {}
+
+const @"test" = struct {
+    test "name" {}
+};
+
+test "failing" {
+    return error.bad;
+}
+
+comptime {
+    _ = @"test";
+}
diff --git a/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/main.zig b/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/main.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea796ac92e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/main.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const struct_name = struct {
+    test "testname" {}
+
+    fn func1() void {}
+
+    test func1 {
+        return error.bad;
+    }
+};
+
+test struct_name {
+    return error.bad;
+}
+
+comptime {
+    _ = struct_name;
+}
+
+test "struct_name.testname" {}
+
+test "unfiltered" {
+    return error.bad;
+}
+
+test {
+    return error.bad;
+}
diff --git a/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/test_runner.zig b/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/test_runner.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25f48f9e4bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/test_filter_exact/test_runner.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn main() u8 {
+    const stdout = std.fs.File.stdout();
+    var buffer: [512]u8 = undefined;
+    var stdout_writer = stdout.writer(&buffer);
+    const writer = &stdout_writer.interface;
+
+    var fail_count: usize = 0;
+
+    for (builtin.test_functions) |test_fn| {
+        writer.print("{s}\n", .{test_fn.name}) catch @panic("failed writing test name");
+        test_fn.func() catch |err| {
+            writer.print("err: {t}\n", .{err}) catch @panic("failed writing error name");
+            fail_count += 1;
+        };
+    }
+
+    writer.flush() catch @panic("failed flushing");
+
+    if (fail_count > 0) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}