diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index a7e3ee3d..c89ccded 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,40 +1,44 @@
 using Test, HTTP, JSON
 
+# Using this rather than @__DIR__ because then it's easier to run parts of the
+# file at the REPL, which is convenient when developing the package.
 const dir = joinpath(dirname(pathof(HTTP)), "..", "test")
 
+# See https://httpbingo.julialang.org/
 const httpbin = get(ENV, "JULIA_TEST_HTTPBINGO_SERVER", "httpbingo.julialang.org")
 
+# A convenient test helper used in a few test files.
 isok(r) = r.status == 200
 
-include(joinpath(dir, "resources/TestRequest.jl"))
 @testset "HTTP" begin
-    for f in [
-            "ascii.jl",
-            "chunking.jl",
-            "utils.jl",
-            "client.jl",
-            # "download.jl",
-            "multipart.jl",
-            "parsemultipart.jl",
-            "sniff.jl",
-            "cookies.jl",
-            "parser.jl",
-            "loopback.jl",
-            "websockets/deno_client/server.jl",
-            "messages.jl",
-            "handlers.jl",
-            "server.jl",
-            "async.jl",
-            "mwe.jl",
-            "httpversion.jl",
-            "websockets/autobahn.jl",
-            ]
-        file = joinpath(dir, f)
-        println("Running $file tests...")
-        if isfile(file)
-            include(file)
-        else
-            @show readdir(dirname(file))
-        end
+    testfiles = [
+        "ascii.jl",
+        "chunking.jl",
+        "utils.jl",
+        "client.jl",
+        # "download.jl",
+        "multipart.jl",
+        "parsemultipart.jl",
+        "sniff.jl",
+        "cookies.jl",
+        "parser.jl",
+        "loopback.jl",
+        "websockets/deno_client/server.jl",
+        "messages.jl",
+        "handlers.jl",
+        "server.jl",
+        "async.jl",
+        "mwe.jl",
+        "httpversion.jl",
+        "websockets/autobahn.jl",
+    ]
+    # ARGS can be most easily passed like this:
+    # import Pkg; Pkg.test("HTTP"; test_args=`ascii.jl parser.jl`)
+    if !isempty(ARGS)
+        filter!(in(ARGS), testfiles)
+    end
+    for filename in testfiles
+        println("Running $filename tests...")
+        include(joinpath(dir, filename))
     end
 end