diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/ui-mode-test-setup.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/ui-mode-test-setup.spec.ts
index 62c323247d..45ac9b3f94 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/ui-mode-test-setup.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/ui-mode-test-setup.spec.ts
@@ -173,3 +173,23 @@ test('should run setup and teardown projects (3)', async ({ runUITest }) => {
   await expect(page.getByTestId('output')).not.toContainText(`from-setup`);
   await expect(page.getByTestId('output')).not.toContainText(`from-teardown`);
 });
+
+test('should run part of the setup only', async ({ runUITest }) => {
+  const { page } = await runUITest(testsWithSetup);
+  await page.getByText('Status:').click();
+  await page.getByLabel('setup').setChecked(true);
+  await page.getByLabel('teardown').setChecked(true);
+  await page.getByLabel('test').setChecked(true);
+
+  await page.getByText('setup.ts').hover();
+  await page.getByRole('listitem').filter({ hasText: 'setup.ts' }).getByTitle('Run').click();
+
+  await expect.poll(dumpTestTree(page)).toBe(`
+    ▼ ✅ setup.ts <=
+        ✅ setup
+    ▼ ✅ teardown.ts
+        ✅ teardown
+    ▼ ◯ test.ts
+        ◯ test
+  `);
+});