diff --git a/doc/testing.html b/doc/testing.html
index b9838735e4f..31f4fbd1778 100644
--- a/doc/testing.html
+++ b/doc/testing.html
@@ -535,6 +535,8 @@ failure. This helps to reproduce intermittent test failures. Defaults to
 <h4 id="report">REPORT</h4>
 <p>Use this report style when reporting test results (sent to JTReg as
 <code>-report</code>). Defaults to <code>files</code>.</p>
+<h4 id="manual">MANUAL</h4>
+<p>Set to <code>true</code> to execute manual tests only.</p>
 <h3 id="gtest-keywords">Gtest keywords</h3>
 <h4 id="repeat">REPEAT</h4>
 <p>The number of times to repeat the tests
diff --git a/doc/testing.md b/doc/testing.md
index 0144610a5bf..b95f59de9fd 100644
--- a/doc/testing.md
+++ b/doc/testing.md
@@ -512,6 +512,10 @@ helps to reproduce intermittent test failures. Defaults to 0.
 Use this report style when reporting test results (sent to JTReg as `-report`).
 Defaults to `files`.
 
+#### MANUAL
+
+Set to `true` to execute manual tests only.
+
 ### Gtest keywords
 
 #### REPEAT
diff --git a/make/RunTests.gmk b/make/RunTests.gmk
index 947389f64f9..21eb178343e 100644
--- a/make/RunTests.gmk
+++ b/make/RunTests.gmk
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ $(eval $(call ParseKeywordVariable, JTREG, \
     SINGLE_KEYWORDS := JOBS TIMEOUT_FACTOR FAILURE_HANDLER_TIMEOUT \
         TEST_MODE ASSERT VERBOSE RETAIN TEST_THREAD_FACTORY JVMTI_STRESS_AGENT \
         MAX_MEM RUN_PROBLEM_LISTS RETRY_COUNT REPEAT_COUNT MAX_OUTPUT REPORT \
-        AOT_JDK $(CUSTOM_JTREG_SINGLE_KEYWORDS), \
+        AOT_JDK MANUAL $(CUSTOM_JTREG_SINGLE_KEYWORDS), \
     STRING_KEYWORDS := OPTIONS JAVA_OPTIONS VM_OPTIONS KEYWORDS \
         EXTRA_PROBLEM_LISTS LAUNCHER_OPTIONS \
         $(CUSTOM_JTREG_STRING_KEYWORDS), \
@@ -911,7 +911,13 @@ define SetupRunJtregTestBody
       -vmoption:-Dtest.boot.jdk="$$(BOOT_JDK)" \
       -vmoption:-Djava.io.tmpdir="$$($1_TEST_TMP_DIR)"
 
-  $1_JTREG_BASIC_OPTIONS += -automatic -ignore:quiet
+  $1_JTREG_BASIC_OPTIONS += -ignore:quiet
+
+  ifeq ($$(JTREG_MANUAL), true)
+    $1_JTREG_BASIC_OPTIONS += -manual
+  else
+    $1_JTREG_BASIC_OPTIONS += -automatic
+  endif
 
   # Make it possible to specify the JIB_DATA_DIR for tests using the
   # JIB Artifact resolver