diff --git a/utils/NewNightlyTest.pl b/utils/NewNightlyTest.pl
index 3def3902ed2..e433ac05fca 100755
--- a/utils/NewNightlyTest.pl
+++ b/utils/NewNightlyTest.pl
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ while (scalar(@ARGV) and ($_ = $ARGV[0], /^[-+]/)) {
   if (/^-disable-jit$/)    { $PROGTESTOPTS .= " DISABLE_JIT=1";
                              $CONFIGUREARGS .= " --disable-jit"; next; }
   if (/^-disable-cbe$/)    { $PROGTESTOPTS .= " DISABLE_CBE=1"; next; }
+  if (/^-test-opts$/)      { $PROGTESTOPTS .= "$ARGV[0]"; shift; next; }
   if (/^-verbose$/)        { $VERBOSE = 1; next; }
   if (/^-debug$/)          { $DEBUG = 1; next; }
   if (/^-nice$/)           { $NICE = "nice "; next; }