diff --git a/programs/.gitignore b/programs/.gitignore
index 59634b5..3775216 100644
--- a/programs/.gitignore
+++ b/programs/.gitignore
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 test/cpp_dummy_build.cpp
 test/dlopen
 test/ecp-bench
+test/metatest
 test/query_compile_time_config
 test/selftest
 test/ssl_cert_test
diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 2d0f705..43ae99f 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 	ssl/ssl_server$(EXEXT) \
 	ssl/ssl_server2$(EXEXT) \
 	test/benchmark$(EXEXT) \
+	test/metatest$(EXEXT) \
 	test/query_compile_time_config$(EXEXT) \
 	test/selftest$(EXEXT) \
 	test/udp_proxy$(EXEXT) \
@@ -349,6 +350,10 @@
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) test/dlopen.c $(LDFLAGS) $(DLOPEN_LDFLAGS) -o $@
 endif
 
+test/metatest$(EXEXT): test/metatest.c $(DEP)
+	echo "  CC    test/metatest.c"
+	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) test/metatest.c    $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+
 test/query_config.o: test/query_config.c test/query_config.h $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    test/query_config.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c test/query_config.c -o $@
diff --git a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 403797c..98757f5 100644
--- a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 endif(ENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT)
 
 set(executables_libs
+    metatest
     selftest
     udp_proxy
 )
diff --git a/programs/test/metatest.c b/programs/test/metatest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f03e5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/test/metatest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/** \file metatest.c
+ *
+ *  \brief Test features of the test framework.
+ */
+
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#define MBEDTLS_ALLOW_PRIVATE_ACCESS
+
+#include <mbedtls/platform.h>
+#include "test/helpers.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+
+/****************************************************************/
+/* Command line entry point */
+/****************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+    const char *name;
+    const char *platform;
+    void (*entry_point)(const char *name);
+} metatest_t;
+
+metatest_t metatests[] = {
+    { NULL, NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+static void help(FILE *out, const char *argv0)
+{
+    mbedtls_fprintf(out, "Usage: %s list|TEST\n", argv0);
+    mbedtls_fprintf(out, "Run a meta-test that should cause a test failure.\n");
+    mbedtls_fprintf(out, "With 'list', list the available tests and their platform requirement.\n");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    const char *argv0 = argc > 0 ? argv[0] : "metatest";
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        help(stderr, argv0);
+        mbedtls_exit(MBEDTLS_EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    /* Support "-help", "--help", "--list", etc. */
+    const char *command = argv[1];
+    while (*command == '-') {
+        ++command;
+    }
+
+    if (strcmp(argv[1], "help") == 0) {
+        help(stdout, argv0);
+        mbedtls_exit(MBEDTLS_EXIT_SUCCESS);
+    }
+    if (strcmp(argv[1], "list") == 0) {
+        for (const metatest_t *p = metatests; p->name != NULL; p++) {
+            mbedtls_printf("%s %s\n", p->name, p->platform);
+        }
+        mbedtls_exit(MBEDTLS_EXIT_SUCCESS);
+    }
+
+    for (const metatest_t *p = metatests; p->name != NULL; p++) {
+        if (strcmp(argv[1], p->name) == 0) {
+            mbedtls_printf("Running metatest %s...\n", argv[1]);
+            p->entry_point(argv[1]);
+            mbedtls_printf("Running metatest %s... done, result=%d\n",
+                           argv[1], (int) mbedtls_test_info.result);
+            mbedtls_exit(mbedtls_test_info.result == MBEDTLS_TEST_RESULT_SUCCESS ?
+                         MBEDTLS_EXIT_SUCCESS :
+                         MBEDTLS_EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+    }
+
+    mbedtls_fprintf(stderr, "%s: FATAL: No such metatest: %s\n",
+                    argv0, command);
+    mbedtls_exit(MBEDTLS_EXIT_FAILURE);
+}