diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index cd08bebddd53..c375b7081eac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ jobs:
 
     # Deny warnings on CI to avoid warnings getting into the codebase.
     - run: cargo test --features 'deny-warnings'
+    - name: gitoxide tests (git-related and enabled tests only)
+      run: RUSTFLAGS='--cfg test_gitoxide' cargo test git
     # The testsuite generates a huge amount of data, and fetch-smoke-test was
     # running out of disk space.
     - name: Clear test output
diff --git a/crates/cargo-test-macro/src/lib.rs b/crates/cargo-test-macro/src/lib.rs
index 40661ca5119e..e484151eba2b 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-test-macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-test-macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ pub fn cargo_test(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         };
     }
     let is_not_nightly = !version().1;
+    #[cfg(test_gitoxide)]
+    let mut enable_gitoxide_test = false;
     for rule in split_rules(attr) {
         match rule.as_str() {
             "build_std_real" => {
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ pub fn cargo_test(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                 requires_reason = true;
                 set_ignore!(is_not_nightly, "requires nightly");
             }
+            "gitoxide" => {
+                #[cfg(test_gitoxide)]
+                {
+                    enable_gitoxide_test = true;
+                }
+            }
             s if s.starts_with("requires_") => {
                 let command = &s[9..];
                 set_ignore!(!has_command(command), "{command} not installed");
@@ -81,6 +89,13 @@ pub fn cargo_test(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             such as #[cargo_test(nightly, reason = \"needs -Z unstable-thing\")]"
         );
     }
+    #[cfg(test_gitoxide)]
+    if !enable_gitoxide_test {
+        ignore = true;
+        implicit_reasons.push(
+            "not yet enabled for using 'gitoxide' and tested in the standard test run".to_string(),
+        )
+    }
 
     // Construct the appropriate attributes.
     let span = Span::call_site();
@@ -114,7 +129,8 @@ pub fn cargo_test(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     }
 
     // Find where the function body starts, and add the boilerplate at the start.
-    for token in item {
+    let mut item = item.into_iter();
+    while let Some(token) = item.next() {
         let group = match token {
             TokenTree::Group(g) => {
                 if g.delimiter() == Delimiter::Brace {
@@ -124,6 +140,22 @@ pub fn cargo_test(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                     continue;
                 }
             }
+            // Remove duplicate ignore statements to avoid errors - ours take precedence.
+            // Only needed for handling `gitoxide` tests.
+            #[cfg(test_gitoxide)]
+            TokenTree::Punct(p) if p.as_char() == '#' && ignore => {
+                let next = item.next().expect("group");
+                let TokenTree::Group(g) = next else {
+                    ret.extend([TokenTree::Punct(p), next]);
+                    continue
+                };
+                if g.delimiter() == Delimiter::Bracket && g.to_string().contains("ignore") {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                ret.extend([TokenTree::Punct(p), TokenTree::Group(g)]);
+                continue;
+            }
             other => {
                 ret.extend(Some(other));
                 continue;
diff --git a/crates/cargo-test-support/src/git.rs b/crates/cargo-test-support/src/git.rs
index 18c4646b37d2..7783aa944ff3 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-test-support/src/git.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-test-support/src/git.rs
@@ -247,3 +247,26 @@ pub fn tag(repo: &git2::Repository, name: &str) {
         false
     ));
 }
+
+/// A utility trait to make enabling `gitoxide` related features easier in select tests.
+///
+/// Generally this will only affect arguments to `Execs` if we are in a special test run
+/// marked with `RUSTFLAGS=--cfg test_gitoxide`.
+pub trait Gitoxide {
+    fn maybe_fetch_with_gitoxide(&mut self) -> &mut Self;
+}
+
+impl Gitoxide for crate::Execs {
+    /// Fetch both the crates-index as well as git dependencies with `gitoxide`.
+    fn maybe_fetch_with_gitoxide(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
+        #[cfg(test_gitoxide)]
+        enable_feature(self, "fetch");
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test_gitoxide)]
+fn enable_feature(exec: &mut crate::Execs, name: &str) {
+    exec.masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["gitoxide"])
+        .arg(format!("-Zgitoxide={}", name));
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/registry.rs b/tests/testsuite/registry.rs
index 6932f1a8d824..8aad97ce48ae 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/registry.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/registry.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use cargo::core::SourceId;
 use cargo_test_support::cargo_process;
+use cargo_test_support::git::Gitoxide;
 use cargo_test_support::paths::{self, CargoPathExt};
 use cargo_test_support::registry::{
     self, registry_path, Dependency, Package, RegistryBuilder, TestRegistry,
@@ -1422,7 +1423,7 @@ fn fetch_downloads_http() {
     fetch_downloads(cargo_http);
 }
 
-#[cargo_test]
+#[cargo_test(gitoxide)]
 fn fetch_downloads_git() {
     fetch_downloads(cargo_stable);
 }
@@ -1447,6 +1448,7 @@ fn fetch_downloads(cargo: fn(&Project, &str) -> Execs) {
     Package::new("a", "0.1.0").publish();
 
     cargo(&p, "fetch")
+        .maybe_fetch_with_gitoxide()
         .with_stderr(
             "\
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