diff --git a/src/Command/RunCommand.php b/src/Command/RunCommand.php
index 2bc06fdae..34483a165 100644
--- a/src/Command/RunCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/RunCommand.php
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ final class RunCommand extends BaseCommand
 
     private const OPTION_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS = 'noop';
 
+    private const OPTION_EXECUTE_ONLY_COVERING_TEST_CASES = 'only-covering-test-cases';
+
     /** @var string */
     private const OPTION_MIN_MSI = 'min-msi';
 
@@ -257,6 +259,12 @@ protected function configure(): void
                 InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
                 'Use noop mutators that do not change AST. For debugging purposes.',
             )
+            ->addOption(
+                self::OPTION_EXECUTE_ONLY_COVERING_TEST_CASES,
+                null,
+                InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
+                'Execute only those test cases that cover mutated line, not the whole file with covering test cases. Can dramatically speed up Mutation Testing for slow test suites. For PHPUnit / Pest it uses `--filter` option',
+            )
             ->addOption(
                 self::OPTION_MIN_MSI,
                 null,
@@ -444,7 +452,8 @@ private function createContainer(IO $io, LoggerInterface $logger): Container
             $gitDiffFilter,
             $gitDiffBase,
             (bool) $input->getOption(self::OPTION_LOGGER_GITHUB),
-            (bool) $input->getOption(self::OPTION_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS)
+            (bool) $input->getOption(self::OPTION_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS),
+            (bool) $input->getOption(self::OPTION_EXECUTE_ONLY_COVERING_TEST_CASES)
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Configuration/Configuration.php b/src/Configuration/Configuration.php
index fd6649bf0..87df313a3 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/Configuration.php
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class Configuration
     private bool $dryRun;
     /** @var array<string, array<int, string>> */
     private array $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap;
+    private bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases;
 
     /**
      * @param string[] $sourceDirectories
@@ -123,7 +124,8 @@ public function __construct(
         int $msiPrecision,
         int $threadCount,
         bool $dryRun,
-        array $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap
+        array $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+        bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
     ) {
         Assert::nullOrGreaterThanEq($timeout, 0);
         Assert::allString($sourceDirectories);
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->threadCount = $threadCount;
         $this->dryRun = $dryRun;
         $this->ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap = $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap;
+        $this->executeOnlyCoveringTestCases = $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases;
     }
 
     public function getProcessTimeout(): float
@@ -317,4 +320,9 @@ public function getIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap(): array
     {
         return $this->ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap;
     }
+
+    public function getExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->executeOnlyCoveringTestCases;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php b/src/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
index 601bdd42e..07907742f 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ public function create(
         ?string $gitDiffFilter,
         ?string $gitDiffBase,
         bool $useGitHubLogger,
-        bool $useNoopMutators
+        bool $useNoopMutators,
+        bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
     ): Configuration {
         $configDir = dirname($schema->getFile());
 
@@ -170,7 +171,8 @@ public function create(
             $msiPrecision,
             $threadCount,
             $dryRun,
-            $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap
+            $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+            $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Container.php b/src/Container.php
index 44c5e7820..00f6ee536 100644
--- a/src/Container.php
+++ b/src/Container.php
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ final class Container
     public const DEFAULT_GIT_DIFF_BASE = null;
     public const DEFAULT_USE_GITHUB_LOGGER = false;
     public const DEFAULT_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS = false;
+    public const DEFAULT_EXECUTE_ONLY_COVERING_TEST_CASES = false;
     public const DEFAULT_NO_PROGRESS = false;
     public const DEFAULT_FORCE_PROGRESS = false;
     public const DEFAULT_EXISTING_COVERAGE_PATH = null;
@@ -684,7 +685,8 @@ public static function create(): self
             self::DEFAULT_GIT_DIFF_FILTER,
             self::DEFAULT_GIT_DIFF_BASE,
             self::DEFAULT_USE_GITHUB_LOGGER,
-            self::DEFAULT_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS
+            self::DEFAULT_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS,
+            self::DEFAULT_EXECUTE_ONLY_COVERING_TEST_CASES
         );
     }
 
@@ -715,7 +717,8 @@ public function withValues(
         ?string $gitDiffFilter,
         ?string $gitDiffBase,
         bool $useGitHubLogger,
-        bool $useNoopMutators
+        bool $useNoopMutators,
+        bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
     ): self {
         $clone = clone $this;
 
@@ -790,7 +793,8 @@ static function (self $container) use (
                 $gitDiffFilter,
                 $gitDiffBase,
                 $useGitHubLogger,
-                $useNoopMutators
+                $useNoopMutators,
+                $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
             ): Configuration {
                 return $container->getConfigurationFactory()->create(
                     $container->getSchemaConfiguration(),
@@ -815,7 +819,8 @@ static function (self $container) use (
                     $gitDiffFilter,
                     $gitDiffBase,
                     $useGitHubLogger,
-                    $useNoopMutators
+                    $useNoopMutators,
+                    $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
                 );
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/TestFramework/AbstractTestFrameworkAdapter.php b/src/TestFramework/AbstractTestFrameworkAdapter.php
index 9f8fa0336..dc9e19284 100644
--- a/src/TestFramework/AbstractTestFrameworkAdapter.php
+++ b/src/TestFramework/AbstractTestFrameworkAdapter.php
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ public function getInitialTestRunCommandLine(
         array $phpExtraArgs,
         bool $skipCoverage
     ): array {
-        return $this->getCommandLine($this->buildInitialConfigFile(), $extraOptions, $phpExtraArgs);
+        return $this->getCommandLine(
+            $phpExtraArgs,
+            $this->argumentsAndOptionsBuilder->buildForInitialTestsRun($this->buildInitialConfigFile(), $extraOptions)
+        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -109,14 +112,17 @@ public function getMutantCommandLine(
         string $extraOptions
     ): array {
         return $this->getCommandLine(
-            $this->buildMutationConfigFile(
-                $tests,
-                $mutantFilePath,
-                $mutationHash,
-                $mutationOriginalFilePath
-            ),
-            $extraOptions,
-            []
+            [],
+            $this->argumentsAndOptionsBuilder->buildForMutant(
+                $this->buildMutationConfigFile(
+                    $tests,
+                    $mutantFilePath,
+                    $mutationHash,
+                    $mutationOriginalFilePath
+                ),
+                $extraOptions,
+                $tests
+            )
         );
     }
 
@@ -154,20 +160,18 @@ protected function buildMutationConfigFile(
 
     /**
      * @param string[] $phpExtraArgs
+     * @param string[] $testFrameworkArgs
      *
      * @return string[]
      */
     private function getCommandLine(
-        string $configPath,
-        string $extraOptions,
-        array $phpExtraArgs
+        array $phpExtraArgs,
+        array $testFrameworkArgs
     ): array {
-        $frameworkArgs = $this->argumentsAndOptionsBuilder->build($configPath, $extraOptions);
-
         return $this->commandLineBuilder->build(
             $this->testFrameworkExecutable,
             $phpExtraArgs,
-            $frameworkArgs
+            $testFrameworkArgs
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/TestFramework/CommandLineArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder.php b/src/TestFramework/CommandLineArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder.php
index d18ad2c93..817c5b40f 100644
--- a/src/TestFramework/CommandLineArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder.php
+++ b/src/TestFramework/CommandLineArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 namespace Infection\TestFramework;
 
+use Infection\AbstractTestFramework\Coverage\TestLocation;
+
 /**
  * @internal
  */
@@ -43,5 +45,12 @@ interface CommandLineArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder
     /**
      * @return string[]
      */
-    public function build(string $configPath, string $extraOptions): array;
+    public function buildForInitialTestsRun(string $configPath, string $extraOptions): array;
+
+    /**
+     * @param TestLocation[] $tests
+     *
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    public function buildForMutant(string $configPath, string $extraOptions, array $tests): array;
 }
diff --git a/src/TestFramework/Factory.php b/src/TestFramework/Factory.php
index 68f5fc7ed..13536f572 100644
--- a/src/TestFramework/Factory.php
+++ b/src/TestFramework/Factory.php
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ public function create(string $adapterName, bool $skipCoverage): TestFrameworkAd
                 $this->jUnitFilePath,
                 $this->projectDir,
                 $this->infectionConfig->getSourceDirectories(),
-                $skipCoverage
+                $skipCoverage,
+                $this->infectionConfig->getExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases()
             );
         }
 
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ public function create(string $adapterName, bool $skipCoverage): TestFrameworkAd
                 $this->jUnitFilePath,
                 $this->projectDir,
                 $this->infectionConfig->getSourceDirectories(),
-                $skipCoverage
+                $skipCoverage,
+                $this->infectionConfig->getExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases()
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PestAdapterFactory.php b/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PestAdapterFactory.php
index 591b5d6f9..57250d62b 100644
--- a/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PestAdapterFactory.php
+++ b/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PestAdapterFactory.php
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public static function create(
         string $jUnitFilePath,
         string $projectDir,
         array $sourceDirectories,
-        bool $skipCoverage
+        bool $skipCoverage,
+        bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases = false
     ): TestFrameworkAdapter {
         Assert::string($testFrameworkConfigDir, 'Config dir is not allowed to be `null` for the Pest adapter');
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ public static function create(
                 $projectDir,
                 new JUnitTestCaseSorter()
             ),
-            new ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder(),
+            new ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder($executeOnlyCoveringTestCases),
             new VersionParser(),
             new CommandLineBuilder()
         );
diff --git a/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PhpUnitAdapterFactory.php b/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PhpUnitAdapterFactory.php
index cbc52b6c1..cfb13dccf 100644
--- a/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PhpUnitAdapterFactory.php
+++ b/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PhpUnitAdapterFactory.php
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ public static function create(
         string $jUnitFilePath,
         string $projectDir,
         array $sourceDirectories,
-        bool $skipCoverage
+        bool $skipCoverage,
+        bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases = false
     ): TestFrameworkAdapter {
         Assert::string($testFrameworkConfigDir, 'Config dir is not allowed to be `null` for the Pest adapter');
 
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ public static function create(
                 $projectDir,
                 new JUnitTestCaseSorter()
             ),
-            new ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder(),
+            new ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder($executeOnlyCoveringTestCases),
             new VersionParser(),
             new CommandLineBuilder()
         );
diff --git a/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/CommandLine/ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder.php b/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/CommandLine/ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder.php
index c95c734aa..cfadbb9cc 100644
--- a/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/CommandLine/ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder.php
+++ b/src/TestFramework/PhpUnit/CommandLine/ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder.php
@@ -35,18 +35,30 @@
 
 namespace Infection\TestFramework\PhpUnit\CommandLine;
 
+use function array_key_exists;
 use function array_map;
 use function array_merge;
+use function count;
 use function explode;
+use Infection\AbstractTestFramework\Coverage\TestLocation;
 use Infection\TestFramework\CommandLineArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder;
 use function ltrim;
+use function preg_quote;
+use function rtrim;
 
 /**
  * @internal
  */
 final class ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder implements CommandLineArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder
 {
-    public function build(string $configPath, string $extraOptions): array
+    private bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases;
+
+    public function __construct(bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases)
+    {
+        $this->executeOnlyCoveringTestCases = $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases;
+    }
+
+    public function buildForInitialTestsRun(string $configPath, string $extraOptions): array
     {
         $options = [
             '--configuration',
@@ -64,4 +76,36 @@ public function build(string $configPath, string $extraOptions): array
 
         return $options;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TestLocation[] $tests
+     */
+    public function buildForMutant(string $configPath, string $extraOptions, array $tests): array
+    {
+        $options = $this->buildForInitialTestsRun($configPath, $extraOptions);
+
+        if ($this->executeOnlyCoveringTestCases && count($tests) > 0) {
+            $filterString = '/';
+            $usedTestCases = [];
+
+            foreach ($tests as $testLocation) {
+                $testCaseString = $testLocation->getMethod();
+
+                if (array_key_exists($testCaseString, $usedTestCases)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $usedTestCases[$testCaseString] = true;
+
+                $filterString .= preg_quote($testCaseString, '/') . '|';
+            }
+
+            $filterString = rtrim($filterString, '|') . '/';
+
+            $options[] = '--filter';
+            $options[] = $filterString;
+        }
+
+        return $options;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/PestTestFramework/tests/ForPestWithDataProviderTest.php b/tests/e2e/PestTestFramework/tests/ForPestWithDataProviderTest.php
index 4dfd85156..123e187ad 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/PestTestFramework/tests/ForPestWithDataProviderTest.php
+++ b/tests/e2e/PestTestFramework/tests/ForPestWithDataProviderTest.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     [2.0, 4.0, 0.5]
 ]);
 
-test('tests division with shared dataset', function (float $a, float $b, float $expectedResult) {
+test('tests division with shared dataset, with special | char', function (float $a, float $b, float $expectedResult) {
     $sourceClass = new ForPestWithDataProvider();
 
     expect($sourceClass->div($a, $b))->toBe($expectedResult);
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationAssertions.php b/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationAssertions.php
index dd0e482bd..5aa9edd46 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationAssertions.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationAssertions.php
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ private function assertConfigurationStateIs(
         int $expectedMsiPrecision,
         int $expectedThreadCount,
         bool $expectedDryRyn,
-        array $expectedIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap
+        array $expectedIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+        bool $expectedExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases
     ): void {
         $this->assertSame($expectedTimeout, $configuration->getProcessTimeout());
         $this->assertSame($expectedSourceDirectories, $configuration->getSourceDirectories());
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ private function assertConfigurationStateIs(
         $this->assertSame($expectedThreadCount, $configuration->getThreadCount());
         $this->assertSame($expectedDryRyn, $configuration->isDryRun());
         $this->assertSame($expectedIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap, $configuration->getIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap());
+        $this->assertSame($expectedExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases, $configuration->getExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationFactoryTest.php b/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationFactoryTest.php
index 4b27ea5d2..f746aed8d 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationFactoryTest.php
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ public function test_it_can_create_a_configuration(
         ?float $expectedMinMsi,
         bool $expectedShowMutations,
         ?float $expectedMinCoveredMsi,
-        array $expectedIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap
+        array $expectedIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+        bool $inputExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases
     ): void {
         $config = $this
             ->createConfigurationFactory($ciDetected)
@@ -165,7 +166,8 @@ public function test_it_can_create_a_configuration(
                 $inputGitDiffFilter,
                 $inputGitDiffBase,
                 $inputUseGitHubAnnotationsLogger,
-                $inputUseNoopMutators
+                $inputUseNoopMutators,
+                $inputExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases
             )
         ;
 
@@ -198,7 +200,8 @@ public function test_it_can_create_a_configuration(
             $inputMsiPrecision,
             $inputThreadsCount,
             $inputDryRun,
-            $expectedIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap
+            $expectedIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+            $inputExecuteOnlyCoveringTestCases
         );
     }
 
@@ -272,6 +275,7 @@ public function valueProvider(): iterable
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            true,
         ];
 
         yield 'null timeout' => self::createValueForTimeout(
@@ -717,6 +721,7 @@ public function valueProvider(): iterable
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
 
         yield 'complete' => [
@@ -813,6 +818,7 @@ public function valueProvider(): iterable
             true,
             81.5,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -885,6 +891,7 @@ private static function createValueForTimeout(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -957,6 +964,7 @@ private static function createValueForTmpDir(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1030,6 +1038,7 @@ private static function createValueForCoveragePath(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1102,6 +1111,7 @@ private static function createValueForPhpUnitConfigDir(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1175,6 +1185,7 @@ private static function createValueForNoProgress(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1248,6 +1259,7 @@ private static function createValueForIgnoreMsiWithNoMutations(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1321,6 +1333,7 @@ private static function createValueForMinMsi(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1394,6 +1407,7 @@ private static function createValueForMinCoveredMsi(
             false,
             $expectedMinCoveredMsi,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1468,6 +1482,7 @@ private static function createValueForTestFramework(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1541,6 +1556,7 @@ private static function createValueForInitialTestsPhpOptions(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1615,6 +1631,7 @@ private static function createValueForTestFrameworkExtraOptions(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1688,6 +1705,7 @@ private static function createValueForTestFrameworkKey(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1765,6 +1783,7 @@ private static function createValueForMutators(
             false,
             null,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -1843,6 +1862,7 @@ private static function createValueForIgnoreSourceCodeByRegex(
             false,
             null,
             $expectedIgnoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+            false,
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php b/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php
index 93746ea10..3686b8514 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ public function test_it_can_be_instantiated(
         int $msiPrecision,
         int $threadsCount,
         bool $dryRun,
-        array $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap
+        array $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+        bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
     ): void {
         $config = new Configuration(
             $timeout,
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ public function test_it_can_be_instantiated(
             $msiPrecision,
             $threadsCount,
             $dryRun,
-            $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap
+            $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+            $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
         );
 
         $this->assertConfigurationStateIs(
@@ -149,7 +151,8 @@ public function test_it_can_be_instantiated(
             $msiPrecision,
             $threadsCount,
             $dryRun,
-            $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap
+            $ignoreSourceCodeMutatorsMap,
+            $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases
         );
     }
 
@@ -184,6 +187,7 @@ public function valueProvider(): iterable
             0,
             false,
             [],
+            false,
         ];
 
         yield 'nominal' => [
@@ -230,6 +234,7 @@ public function valueProvider(): iterable
             [
                 'For_' => ['.*someMethod.*'],
             ],
+            true,
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/ContainerTest.php b/tests/phpunit/ContainerTest.php
index a46f66965..7503c08d1 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/ContainerTest.php
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ public function test_it_can_build_lazy_source_file_data_factory_that_fails_on_us
             Container::DEFAULT_GIT_DIFF_FILTER,
             Container::DEFAULT_GIT_DIFF_BASE,
             Container::DEFAULT_USE_GITHUB_LOGGER,
-            Container::DEFAULT_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS
+            Container::DEFAULT_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS,
+            Container::DEFAULT_EXECUTE_ONLY_COVERING_TEST_CASES
         );
 
         $traces = $newContainer->getUnionTraceProvider()->provideTraces();
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ public function test_it_provides_a_friendly_error_when_attempting_to_configure_i
             Container::DEFAULT_GIT_DIFF_FILTER,
             Container::DEFAULT_GIT_DIFF_BASE,
             Container::DEFAULT_USE_GITHUB_LOGGER,
-            Container::DEFAULT_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS
+            Container::DEFAULT_USE_NOOP_MUTATORS,
+            Container::DEFAULT_EXECUTE_ONLY_COVERING_TEST_CASES,
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PestAdapterTest.php b/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PestAdapterTest.php
index b46876f9a..bc5c85802 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PestAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PestAdapterTest.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public function test_it_provides_initial_test_run_command_line_when_no_coverage_
     {
         $this->cliArgumentsBuilder
             ->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('build')
+            ->method('buildForInitialTestsRun')
             ->with('', '--group=default')
         ;
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public function test_it_provides_initial_test_run_command_line_when_coverage_rep
     {
         $this->cliArgumentsBuilder
             ->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('build')
+            ->method('buildForInitialTestsRun')
             ->with('', '--group=default --coverage-xml=/tmp/coverage-xml --log-junit=/tmp/infection/junit.xml')
             ->willReturn([
                 '--group=default', '--coverage-xml=/tmp/coverage-xml', '--log-junit=/tmp/infection/junit.xml',
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public function test_it_provides_initial_test_run_command_line_when_coverage_rep
     {
         $this->cliArgumentsBuilder
             ->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('build')
+            ->method('buildForInitialTestsRun')
             ->with('', '--group=default --coverage-xml=/tmp/coverage-xml --log-junit=/tmp/infection/junit.xml')
             ->willReturn([
                 '--group=default', '--coverage-xml=/tmp/coverage-xml', '--log-junit=/tmp/infection/junit.xml',
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PhpUnitAdapterTest.php b/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PhpUnitAdapterTest.php
index 212fdc7ba..6410d8b5a 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PhpUnitAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/Adapter/PhpUnitAdapterTest.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public function test_it_provides_initial_test_run_command_line_when_no_coverage_
     {
         $this->cliArgumentsBuilder
             ->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('build')
+            ->method('buildForInitialTestsRun')
             ->with('', '--group=default')
         ;
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public function test_it_provides_initial_test_run_command_line_when_coverage_rep
     {
         $this->cliArgumentsBuilder
             ->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('build')
+            ->method('buildForInitialTestsRun')
             ->with('', '--group=default --coverage-xml=/tmp/coverage-xml --log-junit=/tmp/infection/junit.xml')
             ->willReturn([
                 '--group=default', '--coverage-xml=/tmp/coverage-xml', '--log-junit=/tmp/infection/junit.xml',
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public function test_it_provides_initial_test_run_command_line_when_coverage_rep
     {
         $this->cliArgumentsBuilder
             ->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('build')
+            ->method('buildForInitialTestsRun')
             ->with('', '--group=default --coverage-xml=/tmp/coverage-xml --log-junit=/tmp/infection/junit.xml')
             ->willReturn([
                 '--group=default', '--coverage-xml=/tmp/coverage-xml', '--log-junit=/tmp/infection/junit.xml',
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/CommandLine/ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilderTest.php b/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/CommandLine/ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilderTest.php
index 45055b14d..5a271b666 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/CommandLine/ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/TestFramework/PhpUnit/CommandLine/ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilderTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 
 namespace Infection\Tests\TestFramework\PhpUnit\CommandLine;
 
+use function array_map;
+use Generator;
+use Infection\AbstractTestFramework\Coverage\TestLocation;
 use Infection\TestFramework\PhpUnit\CommandLine\ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ final class ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilderTest extends TestCase
 
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        $this->builder = new ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder();
+        $this->builder = new ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder(false);
     }
 
     public function test_it_can_build_the_command_without_extra_options(): void
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ public function test_it_can_build_the_command_without_extra_options(): void
                 '--configuration',
                 $configPath,
             ],
-            $this->builder->build($configPath, '')
+            $this->builder->buildForInitialTestsRun($configPath, '')
         );
     }
 
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ public function test_it_can_build_the_command_with_extra_options(): void
                 '--verbose',
                 '--debug',
             ],
-            $this->builder->build($configPath, '--verbose --debug')
+            $this->builder->buildForInitialTestsRun($configPath, '--verbose --debug')
         );
     }
 
@@ -88,7 +91,85 @@ public function test_it_can_build_the_command_with_extra_options_that_contains_s
                 $configPath,
                 '--path=/a path/with spaces',
             ],
-            $this->builder->build($configPath, '--path=/a path/with spaces')
+            $this->builder->buildForInitialTestsRun($configPath, '--path=/a path/with spaces')
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideTestCases
+     */
+    public function test_it_can_build_the_command_with_filter_option_for_covering_tests_for_mutant(bool $executeOnlyCoveringTestCases, array $testCases, ?string $expectedFilterOptionValue = null): void
+    {
+        $configPath = '/the config/path';
+
+        $builder = new ArgumentsAndOptionsBuilder($executeOnlyCoveringTestCases);
+
+        $expectedArgumentsAndOptions = [
+            '--configuration',
+            $configPath,
+            '--path=/a path/with spaces',
+        ];
+
+        if ($executeOnlyCoveringTestCases) {
+            $expectedArgumentsAndOptions[] = '--filter';
+            $expectedArgumentsAndOptions[] = $expectedFilterOptionValue;
+        }
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            $expectedArgumentsAndOptions,
+            $builder->buildForMutant(
+                $configPath,
+                '--path=/a path/with spaces',
+                array_map(
+                    static fn (string $testCase): TestLocation => TestLocation::forTestMethod($testCase),
+                    $testCases
+                )
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function provideTestCases(): Generator
+    {
+        yield '--only-covering-test-cases is disabled' => [
+            false,
+            [
+                'App\Test::test_case1',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        yield '1 test case' => [
+            true,
+            [
+                'App\Test::test_case1',
+            ],
+            '/App\\\\Test\:\:test_case1/',
+        ];
+
+        yield '2 test cases' => [
+            true,
+            [
+                'App\Test::test_case1',
+                'App\Test::test_case2',
+            ],
+            '/App\\\\Test\:\:test_case1|App\\\\Test\:\:test_case2/',
+        ];
+
+        yield '2 simple test cases, 1 with data set and special character >' => [
+            true,
+            [
+                'App\Test::test_case1 with data set "With special character >"',
+                'App\Test::test_case2',
+            ],
+            '/App\\\\Test\:\:test_case1 with data set "With special character \\>"|App\\\\Test\:\:test_case2/',
+        ];
+
+        yield '2 simple test cases, 1 with data set and special character @' => [
+            true,
+            [
+                'App\Test::test_case1 with data set "With special character @"',
+                'App\Test::test_case2',
+            ],
+            '/App\\\\Test\:\:test_case1 with data set "With special character @"|App\\\\Test\:\:test_case2/',
+        ];
+    }
 }