diff --git a/backends/test/suite/discovery.py b/backends/test/suite/discovery.py
index e7af0d0923d..6e229b49ffc 100644
--- a/backends/test/suite/discovery.py
+++ b/backends/test/suite/discovery.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from types import ModuleType
+from typing import Pattern
 
 from executorch.backends.test.suite.flow import TestFlow
 
@@ -18,8 +20,19 @@
 #
 
 
+@dataclass
+class TestFilter:
+    """A set of filters for test discovery."""
+
+    backends: set[str] | None
+    """ The set of backends to include. If None, all backends are included. """
+
+    name_regex: Pattern[str] | None
+    """ A regular expression to filter test names. If None, all tests are included. """
+
+
 def discover_tests(
-    root_module: ModuleType, backends: set[str] | None
+    root_module: ModuleType, test_filter: TestFilter
 ) -> unittest.TestSuite:
     # Collect all tests using the unittest discovery mechanism then filter down.
 
@@ -32,20 +45,20 @@ def discover_tests(
     module_dir = os.path.dirname(module_file)
     suite = loader.discover(module_dir)
 
-    return _filter_tests(suite, backends)
+    return _filter_tests(suite, test_filter)
 
 
 def _filter_tests(
-    suite: unittest.TestSuite, backends: set[str] | None
+    suite: unittest.TestSuite, test_filter: TestFilter
 ) -> unittest.TestSuite:
     # Recursively traverse the test suite and add them to the filtered set.
     filtered_suite = unittest.TestSuite()
 
     for child in suite:
         if isinstance(child, unittest.TestSuite):
-            filtered_suite.addTest(_filter_tests(child, backends))
+            filtered_suite.addTest(_filter_tests(child, test_filter))
         elif isinstance(child, unittest.TestCase):
-            if _is_test_enabled(child, backends):
+            if _is_test_enabled(child, test_filter):
                 filtered_suite.addTest(child)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Unexpected test type: {type(child)}")
@@ -53,11 +66,16 @@ def _filter_tests(
     return filtered_suite
 
 
-def _is_test_enabled(test_case: unittest.TestCase, backends: set[str] | None) -> bool:
+def _is_test_enabled(test_case: unittest.TestCase, test_filter: TestFilter) -> bool:
     test_method = getattr(test_case, test_case._testMethodName)
+    flow: TestFlow = test_method._flow
+
+    if test_filter.backends is not None and flow.backend not in test_filter.backends:
+        return False
+
+    if test_filter.name_regex is not None and not test_filter.name_regex.search(
+        test_case.id()
+    ):
+        return False
 
-    if backends is not None:
-        flow: TestFlow = test_method._flow
-        return flow.backend in backends
-    else:
-        return True
+    return True
diff --git a/backends/test/suite/runner.py b/backends/test/suite/runner.py
index 34a860e8f0b..36905d0dabc 100644
--- a/backends/test/suite/runner.py
+++ b/backends/test/suite/runner.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import argparse
 import importlib
+import re
 import unittest
 
 from typing import Callable
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@
 import torch
 
 from executorch.backends.test.harness import Tester
-from executorch.backends.test.suite.discovery import discover_tests
+from executorch.backends.test.suite.discovery import discover_tests, TestFilter
 from executorch.backends.test.suite.reporting import (
     begin_test_session,
     complete_test_session,
@@ -148,18 +149,17 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "-b", "--backend", nargs="*", help="The backend or backends to test."
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-f", "--filter", nargs="?", help="A regular expression filter for test names."
+    )
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def test(suite):
-    if isinstance(suite, unittest.TestSuite):
-        print(f"Suite: {suite}")
-        for t in suite:
-            test(t)
-    else:
-        print(f"Leaf: {type(suite)} {suite}")
-        print(f" {suite.__name__}")
-        print(f" {callable(suite)}")
+def build_test_filter(args: argparse.Namespace) -> TestFilter:
+    return TestFilter(
+        backends=set(args.backend) if args.backend is not None else None,
+        name_regex=re.compile(args.filter) if args.filter is not None else None,
+    )
 
 
 def runner_main():
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ def runner_main():
 
     test_path = NAMED_SUITES[args.suite[0]]
     test_root = importlib.import_module(test_path)
-    suite = discover_tests(test_root, args.backend)
+    test_filter = build_test_filter(args)
+
+    suite = discover_tests(test_root, test_filter)
     unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
 
     summary = complete_test_session()