diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/ping.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/ping.py
index e75908d7c55859f7d89e47376fdea8c1a9d49f88..9f65a0764aab3dfc66385ab966da8471037fe111 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/ping.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/ping.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ def test_v6(cfg) -> None:
 
 def main() -> None:
     with NetDrvEpEnv(__file__) as cfg:
-        ksft_run([test_v4, test_v6],
-                 args=(cfg, ))
+        ksft_run(globs=globals(), case_pfx={"test_"}, args=(cfg, ))
     ksft_exit()
 
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ksft.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ksft.py
index e7f79f6185b0182c5878d2cfc0625b8a9403ce89..f84e9fdd0032597417027485e19becaf795cd05f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ksft.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ksft.py
@@ -99,7 +99,18 @@ def ktap_result(ok, cnt=1, case="", comment=""):
     print(res)
 
 
-def ksft_run(cases, args=()):
+def ksft_run(cases=None, globs=None, case_pfx=None, args=()):
+    cases = cases or []
+
+    if globs and case_pfx:
+        for key, value in globs.items():
+            if not callable(value):
+                continue
+            for prefix in case_pfx:
+                if key.startswith(prefix):
+                    cases.append(value)
+                    break
+
     totals = {"pass": 0, "fail": 0, "skip": 0, "xfail": 0}
 
     print("KTAP version 1")