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diff --git a/test/run_tests.py b/test/run_tests.py
index 3476ef04668..02e4738184d 100644
--- a/test/run_tests.py
+++ b/test/run_tests.py
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ class Filter_by_class_list:
 
 def suite_from_failed(suite, failed):
     filter_cb = Filter_by_class_list(failed)
-    return VppTestRunner.filter_tests(suite, filter_cb)
+    suite = VppTestRunner.filter_tests(suite, filter_cb)
+    if 0 == suite.countTestCases():
+        raise Exception("Suite is empty after filtering out the failed tests!")
+    return suite
 
 
 def run_forked(suite):
@@ -196,10 +199,16 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         retries = int(os.getenv("RETRIES", 0))
     except ValueError:
         retries = 0
+
+    try:
+        force_foreground = int(os.getenv("FORCE_FOREGROUND", 0))
+    except ValueError:
+        force_foreground = 0
     attempts = retries + 1
     if attempts > 1:
         print("Perform %s attempts to pass the suite..." % attempts)
-    if (debug is not None and debug.lower() in ["gdb", "gdbserver"]) or step:
+    if (debug is not None and debug.lower() in ["gdb", "gdbserver"]) or step\
+            or force_foreground:
         # don't fork if requiring interactive terminal..
         sys.exit(not VppTestRunner(
             verbosity=verbose, failfast=failfast).run(suite).wasSuccessful())