diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/testsdk.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/testsdk.bbclass
index fd82e6ef41d..59d2834c992 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/testsdk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/testsdk.bbclass
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #
 # where "<image-name>" is an image like core-image-sato.
 
+# List of test modules to run, or run all that can be found if unset
+TESTSDK_SUITES ?= ""
+
 TESTSDK_CLASS_NAME ?= "oeqa.sdk.testsdk.TestSDK"
 TESTSDKEXT_CLASS_NAME ?= "oeqa.sdkext.testsdk.TestSDKExt"
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/testsdk.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/testsdk.py
index 518b09febb6..52b702b6a28 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/testsdk.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/testsdk.py
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ class TestSDK(TestSDKBase):
                 host_pkg_manifest=host_pkg_manifest, **context_args)
 
             try:
-                tc.loadTests(self.context_executor_class.default_cases)
+                modules = (d.getVar("TESTSDK_SUITES") or "").split()
+                tc.loadTests(self.context_executor_class.default_cases, modules)
             except Exception as e:
                 import traceback
                 bb.fatal("Loading tests failed:\n%s" % traceback.format_exc())
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/testsdk.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/testsdk.py
index 9d5a99d900f..6dc23065a4a 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/testsdk.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/testsdk.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ class TestSDKExt(TestSDKBase):
                 host_pkg_manifest=host_pkg_manifest)
 
             try:
-                tc.loadTests(OESDKExtTestContextExecutor.default_cases)
+                modules = (d.getVar("TESTSDK_SUITES") or "").split()
+                tc.loadTests(OESDKExtTestContextExecutor.default_cases, modules)
             except Exception as e:
                 import traceback
                 bb.fatal("Loading tests failed:\n%s" % traceback.format_exc())