diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 204e02b3bb7d9..e91a45d78d55a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -326,10 +326,14 @@
 		"test:unit:date": "bash ./bin/unit-test-date.sh",
 		"test:unit:debug": "wp-scripts --inspect-brk test-unit-js --runInBand --no-cache --verbose --config test/unit/jest.config.js ",
 		"test:unit:profile": "wp-scripts --cpu-prof test-unit-js --runInBand --no-cache --verbose --config test/unit/jest.config.js ",
-		"pretest:unit:php": "wp-env start",
-		"test:unit:php": "wp-env run --env-cwd='wp-content/plugins/gutenberg' tests-wordpress vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit.xml.dist --verbose",
-		"pretest:unit:php:multisite": "wp-env start",
-		"test:unit:php:multisite": "wp-env run --env-cwd='wp-content/plugins/gutenberg' tests-wordpress vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit/multisite.xml --verbose",
+		"test:unit:php:setup": "wp-env start",
+		"test:unit:php:setup:debug": "wp-env start --xdebug",
+		"test:unit:php:base": "wp-env run --env-cwd='wp-content/plugins/gutenberg' tests-wordpress vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit.xml.dist --verbose",
+		"test:unit:php": "npm-run-all test:unit:php:setup test:unit:php:base",
+		"test:unit:php:debug": "npm-run-all test:unit:php:setup:debug test:unit:php:base",
+		"test:unit:php:multisite:base": "wp-env run --env-cwd='wp-content/plugins/gutenberg' tests-wordpress vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit/multisite.xml --verbose",
+		"test:unit:php:multisite": "npm-run-all test:unit:php:setup test:unit:php:multisite:base",
+		"test:unit:php:multisite:debug": "npm-run-all test:unit:php:setup:debug test:unit:php:multisite:base",
 		"test:unit:update": "npm run test:unit -- --updateSnapshot",
 		"test:unit:watch": "npm run test:unit -- --watch",
 		"wp-env": "wp-env"