diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index c4c00977..9b5740c5 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
       podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE exec app php artisan "$@"
     }
 
+    dev-test() {
+      podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE exec -T app php -d memory_limit=512M vendor/bin/phpunit "$@"
+    }
+
     # ===================
     # BUILD COMMANDS
     # ===================
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     echo "  dev-logs-db         Tail database logs"
     echo "  dev-shell           Shell into app container"
     echo "  dev-artisan <cmd>   Run artisan command"
+    echo "  dev-test [path]     Run PHPUnit suite (CI invocation)"
     echo "  base-build          Build and push base image"
     echo ""
     echo "Services:"