diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/MTP/MicrosoftTestingPlatformTestCommand.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/MTP/MicrosoftTestingPlatformTestCommand.cs
index d84264e6c49e..ed960a88d6ef 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/MTP/MicrosoftTestingPlatformTestCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/MTP/MicrosoftTestingPlatformTestCommand.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ private int RunInternal(ParseResult parseResult, bool isHelp)
         ValidationUtility.ValidateMutuallyExclusiveOptions(parseResult);
         ValidationUtility.ValidateSolutionOrProjectOrDirectoryOrModulesArePassedCorrectly(parseResult);
 
+        CommonOptions.ValidateSelfContainedOptions(
+            parseResult.HasOption(TestCommandParser.SelfContainedOption),
+            parseResult.HasOption(TestCommandParser.NoSelfContainedOption));
+
         int degreeOfParallelism = GetDegreeOfParallelism(parseResult);
         var testOptions = new TestOptions(
             IsHelp: isHelp,
diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/TestCommandParser.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/TestCommandParser.cs
index 57be7086f011..145ce40e00e9 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/TestCommandParser.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/TestCommandParser.cs
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ private static Option<string> CreateBlameHangDumpOption()
 
     public static readonly Option<bool> NoRestoreOption = CommonOptions.NoRestoreOption;
 
+    public static readonly Option<bool> SelfContainedOption = CommonOptions.SelfContainedOption;
+
+    public static readonly Option<bool> NoSelfContainedOption = CommonOptions.NoSelfContainedOption;
+
     public static readonly Option<string> FrameworkOption = CommonOptions.FrameworkOption(CliCommandStrings.TestFrameworkOptionDescription);
 
     public static readonly Option ConfigurationOption = CommonOptions.ConfigurationOption(CliCommandStrings.TestConfigurationOptionDescription);
@@ -250,6 +254,8 @@ private static Command GetTestingPlatformCliCommand()
         command.Options.Add(CommonOptions.RuntimeOption(CliCommandStrings.TestRuntimeOptionDescription));
         command.Options.Add(VerbosityOption);
         command.Options.Add(CommonOptions.NoRestoreOption);
+        command.Options.Add(SelfContainedOption);
+        command.Options.Add(NoSelfContainedOption);
         command.Options.Add(MicrosoftTestingPlatformOptions.NoBuildOption);
         command.Options.Add(MicrosoftTestingPlatformOptions.NoAnsiOption);
         command.Options.Add(MicrosoftTestingPlatformOptions.NoProgressOption);
@@ -297,6 +303,8 @@ private static Command GetVSTestCliCommand()
         command.Options.Add(FrameworkOption);
         command.Options.Add(CommonOptions.RuntimeOption(CliCommandStrings.TestRuntimeOptionDescription));
         command.Options.Add(NoRestoreOption);
+        command.Options.Add(SelfContainedOption);
+        command.Options.Add(NoSelfContainedOption);
         command.Options.Add(CommonOptions.InteractiveMsBuildForwardOption);
         command.Options.Add(VerbosityOption);
         command.Options.Add(CommonOptions.ArchitectureOption);
diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/VSTest/TestCommand.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/VSTest/TestCommand.cs
index 5fc54e4e1630..77e434fb60fd 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/VSTest/TestCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Test/VSTest/TestCommand.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ public static int Run(ParseResult parseResult)
     {
         parseResult.HandleDebugSwitch();
 
+        CommonOptions.ValidateSelfContainedOptions(
+            parseResult.HasOption(TestCommandParser.SelfContainedOption),
+            parseResult.HasOption(TestCommandParser.NoSelfContainedOption));
+
         FeatureFlag.Instance.PrintFlagFeatureState();
 
         // We use also current process id for the correlation id for possible future usage in case we need to know the parent process
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Test/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestfromCsproj.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Test/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestfromCsproj.cs
index 6c054f61ceed..c91c2a033303 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Test/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestfromCsproj.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Test/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestfromCsproj.cs
@@ -836,6 +836,87 @@ public void PropertiesEndingWithDotDllShouldNotFail(string property)
             result.ExitCode.Should().Be(1);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ItTestsWithSelfContainedOption()
+        {
+            var testInstance = _testAssetsManager.CopyTestAsset("XunitCore")
+                            .WithSource()
+                            .WithVersionVariables();
+
+            var rootPath = testInstance.Path;
+            var rid = EnvironmentInfo.GetCompatibleRid();
+
+            var result = new DotnetTestCommand(Log, disableNewOutput: true, ConsoleLoggerOutputNormal)
+                .WithWorkingDirectory(rootPath)
+                .Execute("--runtime", rid, "--self-contained");
+
+            result
+                .Should()
+                .NotHaveStdErrContaining("NETSDK1179")
+                .And
+                .NotHaveStdErrContaining("MSB1001");
+
+            if (!TestContext.IsLocalized())
+            {
+                result.StdOut.Should().Contain("Total tests: 2");
+                result.StdOut.Should().Contain("Passed: 1");
+                result.StdOut.Should().Contain("Failed: 1");
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ItTestsWithNoSelfContainedOption()
+        {
+            var testInstance = _testAssetsManager.CopyTestAsset("XunitCore")
+                            .WithSource()
+                            .WithVersionVariables();
+
+            var rootPath = testInstance.Path;
+            var rid = EnvironmentInfo.GetCompatibleRid();
+
+            var result = new DotnetTestCommand(Log, disableNewOutput: true, ConsoleLoggerOutputNormal)
+                .WithWorkingDirectory(rootPath)
+                .Execute("--runtime", rid, "--no-self-contained");
+
+            result
+                .Should()
+                .NotHaveStdErrContaining("NETSDK1179")
+                .And
+                .NotHaveStdErrContaining("MSB1001");
+
+            if (!TestContext.IsLocalized())
+            {
+                result.StdOut.Should().Contain("Total tests: 2");
+                result.StdOut.Should().Contain("Passed: 1");
+                result.StdOut.Should().Contain("Failed: 1");
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ItFailsWhenBothSelfContainedAndNoSelfContainedAreSpecified()
+        {
+            var testInstance = _testAssetsManager.CopyTestAsset("XunitCore")
+                            .WithSource()
+                            .WithVersionVariables();
+
+            var rootPath = testInstance.Path;
+            var rid = EnvironmentInfo.GetCompatibleRid();
+
+            var result = new DotnetTestCommand(Log, disableNewOutput: true, ConsoleLoggerOutputNormal)
+                .WithWorkingDirectory(rootPath)
+                .Execute("--runtime", rid, "--self-contained", "--no-self-contained");
+
+            result
+                .Should()
+                .Fail();
+
+            if (!TestContext.IsLocalized())
+            {
+                result.StdErr.Should().Contain("--self-contained")
+                    .And.Contain("--no-self-contained");
+            }
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void DistributedLoggerEndingWithDotDllShouldBePassedToMSBuild()
         {