diff --git a/changes/ticket25071 b/changes/ticket25071
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e2917e10b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ticket25071
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor features (testing):
+    - Add a "make test-rust" target to run the rust tests only.
+      Closes ticket 25071.
+
diff --git a/src/test/include.am b/src/test/include.am
index 9c0cb173c5..1a49367c6b 100644
--- a/src/test/include.am
+++ b/src/test/include.am
@@ -359,3 +359,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 	src/test/test_workqueue_pipe2.sh \
 	src/test/test_workqueue_socketpair.sh
 
+test-rust:
+	$(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) $(abs_top_srcdir)/src/test/test_rust.sh