diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
index 92a5befe8039..38aa8faeff4f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ readonly KSFT_FAIL=1
 readonly KSFT_SKIP=4
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2155 # declare and assign separately
-readonly KSFT_TEST=$(basename "${0}" | sed 's/\.sh$//g')
+readonly KSFT_TEST="${MPTCP_LIB_KSFT_TEST:-$(basename "${0}" .sh)}"
 
 MPTCP_LIB_SUBTESTS=()