diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5275d201f..8e1b80977 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ test-shell: build uv-sync-test
 
 test-compat: check-tcl-version
 	RUST_LOG=$(RUST_LOG) SQLITE_EXEC=$(SQLITE_EXEC) ./testing/all.test
+
+test-single: check-tcl-version
+	@if [ -z "$(TEST)" ]; then \
+		echo "Usage: make test-single TEST=path/to/test.test"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	RUST_LOG=$(RUST_LOG) SQLITE_EXEC=$(SQLITE_EXEC) ./testing/$(TEST)
+.PHONY: test-single
 .PHONY: test-compat
 
 test-vector:
diff --git a/testing/changes.test b/testing/changes.test
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diff --git a/testing/compare.test b/testing/compare.test
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diff --git a/testing/concat.test b/testing/concat.test
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diff --git a/testing/default_value.test b/testing/default_value.test
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diff --git a/testing/foreign_keys.test b/testing/foreign_keys.test
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diff --git a/testing/glob.test b/testing/glob.test
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diff --git a/testing/integrity_check.test b/testing/integrity_check.test
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diff --git a/testing/scalar-functions-printf.test b/testing/scalar-functions-printf.test
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diff --git a/testing/subquery.test b/testing/subquery.test
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diff --git a/testing/total-changes.test b/testing/total-changes.test
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