diff --git a/include/test/ut.h b/include/test/ut.h
index 17400c7..88e75ab 100644
--- a/include/test/ut.h
+++ b/include/test/ut.h
@@ -356,4 +356,46 @@
  */
 void ut_unsilence_console(struct unit_test_state *uts);
 
+/**
+ * ut_run_tests() - Run a set of tests
+ *
+ * This runs the tests, handling any preparation and clean-up needed. It prints
+ * the name of each test before running it.
+ *
+ * @uts: Test state to update. The caller should ensure that this is zeroed for
+ *	the first call to this function. On exit, @uts->fail_count is
+ *	incremented by the number of failures (0, one hopes)
+ * @prefix: String prefix for the tests. Any tests that have this prefix will be
+ *	printed without the prefix, so that it is easier to see the unique part
+ *	of the test name. If NULL, no prefix processing is done
+ * @tests: List of tests to run
+ * @count: Number of tests to run
+ * @select_name: Name of a single test to run (from the list provided). If NULL
+ *	then all tests are run
+ * @return 0 if all tests passed, -ENOENT if test @select_name was not found,
+ *	-EBADF if any failed
+ */
+int ut_run_tests(struct unit_test_state *uts, const char *prefix,
+		 struct unit_test *tests, int count, const char *select_name);
+
+/**
+ * ut_run_tests() - Run a set of tests
+ *
+ * This runs the test, handling any preparation and clean-up needed. It prints
+ * the name of each test before running it.
+ *
+ * @category: Category of these tests. This is a string printed at the start to
+ *	announce the the number of tests
+ * @prefix: String prefix for the tests. Any tests that have this prefix will be
+ *	printed without the prefix, so that it is easier to see the unique part
+ *	of the test name. If NULL, no prefix processing is done
+ * @tests: List of tests to run
+ * @count: Number of tests to run
+ * @select_name: Name of a single test to run (from the list provided). If NULL
+ *	then all tests are run
+ * @return 0 if all tests passed, -1 if any failed
+ */
+int ut_run_list(const char *name, const char *prefix, struct unit_test *tests,
+		int count, const char *select_name);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 932e517..5cd284e 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #
 # (C) Copyright 2012 The Chromium Authors
 
+obj-y += test-main.o
+
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_$(SPL_)BLOBLIST),)
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += bloblist.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += bootm.o
diff --git a/test/cmd_ut.c b/test/cmd_ut.c
index 8f30898..157f6aa 100644
--- a/test/cmd_ut.c
+++ b/test/cmd_ut.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <console.h>
 #include <test/suites.h>
 #include <test/test.h>
+#include <test/ut.h>
 
 static int do_ut_all(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 		     char *const argv[]);
@@ -17,41 +18,12 @@
 		    struct unit_test *tests, int n_ents,
 		    int argc, char *const argv[])
 {
-	struct unit_test_state uts = { .fail_count = 0 };
-	struct unit_test *test;
-	int prefix_len = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (argc == 1)
-		printf("Running %d %s tests\n", n_ents, name);
-
-	for (test = tests; test < tests + n_ents; test++) {
-		const char *test_name = test->name;
-
-		/* Remove the prefix */
-		if (prefix && !strncmp(test_name, prefix, prefix_len))
-			test_name += prefix_len;
-
-		if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], test_name))
-			continue;
-		printf("Test: %s\n", test->name);
-
-		if (test->flags & UT_TESTF_CONSOLE_REC) {
-			int ret = console_record_reset_enable();
-
-			if (ret) {
-				printf("Skipping: Console recording disabled\n");
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
-
-		uts.start = mallinfo();
-
-		test->func(&uts);
-	}
-
-	printf("Failures: %d\n", uts.fail_count);
+	ret = ut_run_list(name, prefix, tests, n_ents,
+			  argc > 1 ? argv[1] : NULL);
 
-	return uts.fail_count ? CMD_RET_FAILURE : 0;
+	return ret ? CMD_RET_FAILURE : 0;
 }
 
 static struct cmd_tbl cmd_ut_sub[] = {
diff --git a/test/test-main.c b/test/test-main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..376e7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ * Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <console.h>
+#include <test/test.h>
+
+int ut_run_tests(struct unit_test_state *uts, const char *prefix,
+		 struct unit_test *tests, int count, const char *select_name)
+{
+	struct unit_test *test;
+	int prefix_len = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
+	int found = 0;
+
+	for (test = tests; test < tests + count; test++) {
+		const char *test_name = test->name;
+
+		/* Remove the prefix */
+		if (prefix && !strncmp(test_name, prefix, prefix_len))
+			test_name += prefix_len;
+
+		if (select_name && strcmp(select_name, test_name))
+			continue;
+		printf("Test: %s\n", test_name);
+		found++;
+
+		if (test->flags & UT_TESTF_CONSOLE_REC) {
+			int ret = console_record_reset_enable();
+
+			if (ret) {
+				printf("Skipping: Console recording disabled\n");
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
+		uts->start = mallinfo();
+
+		test->func(uts);
+	}
+	if (select_name && !found)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	return uts->fail_count ? -EBADF : 0;
+}
+
+int ut_run_list(const char *category, const char *prefix,
+		struct unit_test *tests, int count, const char *select_name)
+{
+	struct unit_test_state uts = { .fail_count = 0 };
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!select_name)
+		printf("Running %d %s tests\n", count, category);
+
+	ret = ut_run_tests(&uts, prefix, tests, count, select_name);
+
+	if (ret == -ENOENT)
+		printf("Test '%s' not found\n", select_name);
+	else
+		printf("Failures: %d\n", uts.fail_count);
+
+	return ret;
+}