diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 9750ff22b9..13896aee50 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ endif
 
 ############################################################
 
+if install_tests
+        install_data('run-unit-tests.py',
+                     install_mode : 'rwxr-xr-x',
+                     install_dir : testsdir)
+endif
+
+############################################################
+
 # prepare test/sys tree
 sys_script_py = find_program('sys-script.py')
 custom_target(
diff --git a/test/run-unit-tests.py b/test/run-unit-tests.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4bbc3e2c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/run-unit-tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import dataclasses
+import glob
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+try:
+    import colorama as c
+    GREEN = c.Fore.GREEN
+    YELLOW = c.Fore.YELLOW
+    RED = c.Fore.RED
+    RESET_ALL = c.Style.RESET_ALL
+    BRIGHT = c.Style.BRIGHT
+except ImportError:
+    GREEN = YELLOW = RED = RESET_ALL = BRIGHT = ''
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class Total:
+    total:int
+    good:int = 0
+    skip:int = 0
+    fail:int = 0
+
+tests = glob.glob('/usr/lib/systemd/tests/test-*')
+total = Total(total=len(tests))
+for test in tests:
+    name = os.path.basename(test)
+
+    ex = subprocess.run(test, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    if ex.returncode == 0:
+        print(f'{GREEN}PASS: {name}{RESET_ALL}')
+        total.good += 1
+    elif ex.returncode == 77:
+        print(f'{YELLOW}SKIP: {name}{RESET_ALL}')
+        total.skip += 1
+    else:
+        print(f'{RED}FAIL: {name}{RESET_ALL}')
+        total.fail += 1
+
+        # stdout/stderr might not be valid unicode, let's just dump it to the terminal.
+        # Also let's reset the style afterwards, in case our output sets something.
+        sys.stdout.buffer.write(ex.stdout)
+        print(f'{RESET_ALL}{BRIGHT}')
+        sys.stdout.buffer.write(ex.stderr)
+        print(f'{RESET_ALL}')
+
+print(f'{BRIGHT}OK: {total.good} SKIP: {total.skip} FAIL: {total.fail}{RESET_ALL}')
+sys.exit(total.fail > 0)