diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a706cff1..1e45d6a3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ If you have [Nix](https://nixos.org/download/) with flakes enabled, `nix develop
 | `nix flake check` | formatting, plus the flake's own version assertions |
 | `nix run .#lint-rust` | `cargo fmt --check` and `cargo clippy` |
 | `nix run .#test-rust` | the Rust test suites |
+| `nix run .#test-sql -- <name>` | run a single [SQL test file](./tests/sql_test_files/README.md) |
 | `nix run .#test-browser` | the Playwright suites |
 | `nix run .#test-examples` | one example's Hurl suite |
 | `nix build .#odbc-drivers` | an `odbcinst.ini`; point `ODBCSYSINI` at it for the ODBC tests |
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 538f3e67..6524a692 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@
               '';
             };
 
+            test-sql = {
+              description = "Run the SQL test file or files";
+              packages = cargoRuntime pkgs;
+              env = cargoEnv pkgs;
+              script = buildBrowserAssets + ''
+                SQL_TEST_FILE="''${1:-}" cargo test --test mod sql_test_files
+              '';
+            };
+
             test-browser = {
               description = "Drive the components in a browser with Playwright";
               packages = cargoRuntime pkgs;
diff --git a/tests/sql_test_files/README.md b/tests/sql_test_files/README.md
index 6e23b124..1f72f1b4 100644
--- a/tests/sql_test_files/README.md
+++ b/tests/sql_test_files/README.md
@@ -24,4 +24,12 @@ engine-specific SQL syntax) live in a subdirectory named after that database
 (`sqlite`, `postgres`, `mysql`, `mssql`, `oracle`, `duckdb`, `snowflake`,
 `generic`). They are run by a separate test, only when the current database
 matches. Unlike the other directories, their file names do not need `_no...`
-suffixes to exclude incompatible backends.
\ No newline at end of file
+suffixes to exclude incompatible backends.
+
+## Running one file
+
+`SQL_TEST_FILE` limits a run to the files whose path contains its value. The `test-sql` gate sets it from its argument:
+
+```bash
+DATABASE_URL='postgres://root:Password123!@127.0.0.1/sqlpage' nix run .#test-sql -- money_with_parameters_983
+```
diff --git a/tests/sql_test_files/mod.rs b/tests/sql_test_files/mod.rs
index 4062d546..7967f37e 100644
--- a/tests/sql_test_files/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/sql_test_files/mod.rs
@@ -100,12 +100,16 @@ fn read_sql_tests_in_dir(dir: &str, format: SqlTestFormat) -> Vec<SqlTestCase> {
     let Ok(entries) = std::fs::read_dir(dir) else {
         return Vec::new(); // no tests in this directory (e.g. no database-specific tests for this database)
     };
+    let selected_name = std::env::var("SQL_TEST_FILE").unwrap_or_default();
     entries
         .filter_map(|e| {
             let path = e.ok()?.path();
             if path.is_dir() || path.extension()? != "sql" {
                 return None;
             }
+            if !path.to_string_lossy().contains(&selected_name) {
+                return None;
+            }
             Some(SqlTestCase { path, format })
         })
         .collect()