diff --git a/devscripts/run_tests.py b/devscripts/run_tests.py
index c605aa62cf..eb614fe591 100755
--- a/devscripts/run_tests.py
+++ b/devscripts/run_tests.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fix_test_name = functools.partial(re.compile(r'IE(_all|_\d+)?$').sub, r'\1')
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Run selected yt-dlp tests')
     parser.add_argument(
-        'test', help='a extractor tests, or one of "core" or "download"', nargs='*')
+        'test', help='an extractor test, test path, or one of "core" or "download"', nargs='*')
     parser.add_argument(
         '-k', help='run a test matching EXPRESSION. Same as "pytest -k"', metavar='EXPRESSION')
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ def parse_args():
 def run_tests(*tests, pattern=None, ci=False):
     run_core = 'core' in tests or (not pattern and not tests)
     run_download = 'download' in tests
-    tests = list(map(fix_test_name, tests))
 
     pytest_args = args.pytest_args or os.getenv('HATCH_TEST_ARGS', '')
     arguments = ['pytest', '-Werror', '--tb=short', *shlex.split(pytest_args)]
@@ -41,7 +40,9 @@ def run_tests(*tests, pattern=None, ci=False):
         arguments.extend(['-m', 'download'])
     else:
         arguments.extend(
-            f'test/test_download.py::TestDownload::test_{test}' for test in tests)
+            test if '/' in test
+            else f'test/test_download.py::TestDownload::test_{fix_test_name(test)}'
+            for test in tests)
 
     print(f'Running {arguments}', flush=True)
     try: