diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1cc282c..52cac45 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ test: lint unit-tests
 
 .PHONY: unit-tests
 unit-tests: devdeps
-	@$(PIPENV) run python3 -m unittest
+	@$(PIPENV) run python3 -m unittest ${TESTS}
 
 reset-bootloader:
 	@echo "===> Rebooting your board to bootloader (safe to ignore file not found errors)"
diff --git a/docs/en/contributing.md b/docs/en/contributing.md
index 8e2b91e..219ef9d 100644
--- a/docs/en/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/en/contributing.md
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ to Black formatting as documented in `pyproject.toml`)
 Unit tests within the `tests` folder mock various CircuitPython modules to allow
 them to be executed in a desktop development environment.
 
-Execute tests using the command `python -m unittest`.
+Execute tests using the command `make unit-tests`. The `unit-tests` target
+accepts an additional environment variable for selection of specific tests,
+example `make unit-tests TESTS="tests.test_kmk_keys tests.test_layers"`.
 
 ## Contributing Documentation
 While KMK welcomes documentation from anyone with and understanding of the issues