diff --git a/.ci/compute_projects.py b/.ci/compute_projects.py
index 6b5370f471203..a4cfecf0cef90 100644
--- a/.ci/compute_projects.py
+++ b/.ci/compute_projects.py
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
     "mlir": "check-mlir",
     "openmp": "check-openmp",
     "polly": "check-polly",
+    "lit": "check-lit",
 }
 
 RUNTIMES = {"libcxx", "libcxxabi", "libunwind", "compiler-rt", "libc", "flang-rt"}
@@ -166,8 +167,12 @@
     ("llvm", "utils", "gn"): "gn",
     (".github", "workflows", "premerge.yaml"): ".ci",
     ("third-party",): ".ci",
+    ("llvm", "utils", "lit"): "lit",
 }
 
+# Projects that should run tests but cannot be explicitly built.
+SKIP_BUILD_PROJECTS = ["CIR", "lit"]
+
 # Projects that should not run any tests. These need to be metaprojects.
 SKIP_PROJECTS = ["docs", "gn"]
 
@@ -315,7 +320,9 @@ def get_env_variables(modified_files: list[str], platform: str) -> Set[str]:
     # clang build, but it requires an explicit option to enable. We set that
     # option here, and remove it from the projects_to_build list.
     enable_cir = "ON" if "CIR" in projects_to_build else "OFF"
-    projects_to_build.discard("CIR")
+    # Remove any metaprojects from the list of projects to build.
+    for project in SKIP_BUILD_PROJECTS:
+        projects_to_build.discard(project)
 
     # We use a semicolon to separate the projects/runtimes as they get passed
     # to the CMake invocation and thus we need to use the CMake list separator
diff --git a/.ci/compute_projects_test.py b/.ci/compute_projects_test.py
index bb1d24174ca30..fe1bf07eae8ff 100644
--- a/.ci/compute_projects_test.py
+++ b/.ci/compute_projects_test.py
@@ -413,6 +413,30 @@ def test_third_party_benchmark(self):
             "check-cxx check-cxxabi check-unwind",
         )
 
+    def test_lit(self):
+        env_variables = compute_projects.get_env_variables(
+            ["llvm/utils/lit/CMakeLists.txt"], "Linux"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            env_variables["projects_to_build"],
+            "bolt;clang;clang-tools-extra;flang;lld;lldb;llvm;mlir;polly",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            env_variables["project_check_targets"],
+            "check-bolt check-clang check-clang-tools check-flang check-lit check-lld check-lldb check-llvm check-mlir check-polly",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            env_variables["runtimes_to_build"], "libcxx;libcxxabi;libunwind"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            env_variables["runtimes_check_targets"],
+            "",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            env_variables["runtimes_check_targets_needs_reconfig"],
+            "check-cxx check-cxxabi check-unwind",
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()