diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfcecfd..fc6f360 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@ code change.
 This can be used for CI/CD purposes since it generates report files in the `/python/reports`
 folder.
 
+Options:\
+`-h`  Print help menu.
+```
+validatecodeonce -h
+```
+`-k`  Invoke Pytest option `-k` to run specific tests based on a substring match to the test name.
+```
+validatecodeonce -k test_get_products
+```
+
 ### `runtests` (DEPRECATED)
 
 **DEPRECATED**: Use `validatecodeonce` instead
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 20dad62..f879636 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -52,10 +52,29 @@ validatecode() {
 }
 
 validatecodeonce() {
+  help() {
+    echo
+    echo "Usage: validatecodeonce [-h|k]"
+    echo
+    echo "Trigger a single run of code validation."
+    echo
+    echo "Options:"
+    echo "h    Print this help menu."
+    echo "k    Invoke Pytest option -k to run specific tests based on a substring match to the test name."
+    echo
+  }
+
+  while getopts ":h" option; do
+    case $option in
+      h)
+        help
+        exit;;
+    esac
+  done
+
   echo -e "\nTriggering single run of code validation."
-  
   loadconfig
-  ../test_suite.sh reports
+  ../test_suite.sh $@ reports
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test_suite.sh b/test_suite.sh
index 662f46b..d1f7c07 100755
--- a/test_suite.sh
+++ b/test_suite.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 REPORTS_FOLDER="/python/reports/"
 SECTION_PREFIX="\n#########"
 
+while getopts ":k:" option; do
+  case $option in
+    k)
+      SPECIFIC_TESTS="-k ${OPTARG}"
+  esac
+done
 
 checkuser() {
   WHOAMI=`whoami`
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ then
 fi
 
 echo -ne "$SECTION_PREFIX RUN TESTS:\n\n"
-python -m pytest -vv --durations=3 --cov ./ --cov-report term-missing $PYTEST_REPORTS; STATUS1=$?
+python -m pytest -vv --durations=3 --cov ./ --cov-report term-missing $PYTEST_REPORTS $SPECIFIC_TESTS; STATUS1=$?
 
 echo -ne "$SECTION_PREFIX CHECK DOCKER USER IS PYTHON: "
 USEROUT=`checkuser`