diff --git a/pkgs/anoia/assert.fnl b/pkgs/anoia/assert.fnl
index f3dae6d..2ff18fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/anoia/assert.fnl
+++ b/pkgs/anoia/assert.fnl
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@
                (.. "\nexpected " ve# "\ngot " va#)
                ))))
 
-{ : expect : expect= }
+(fn define-tests [& body]
+  (when _G.RUNNING_TESTS
+    `(do ,(unpack body))))
+
+{ : define-tests : expect : expect=  }
diff --git a/pkgs/fennelrepl/default.nix b/pkgs/fennelrepl/default.nix
index 8320130..0f37dcc 100644
--- a/pkgs/fennelrepl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/fennelrepl/default.nix
@@ -27,17 +27,28 @@ in writeScriptBin "fennelrepl" ''
     package.path = ${lib.strings.escapeShellArg luapath} .. ";" .. package.path
     package.cpath = ${lib.strings.escapeShellArg luacpath} .. ";" .. (package.cpath or "")
     local fennel = require "fennel"
+    local specials = require("fennel.specials")
     table.insert(package.loaders or package.searchers,1, fennel.searcher)
     fennel['macro-path'] = "${anoia.dev}/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}/?.fnl;" .. fennel['macro-path']
 
+    local function eval_as_test(f)
+      local g = (specials["make-compiler-env"]())._G
+      g["RUNNING_TESTS"] = true
+      return fennel.dofile(f, {correlate = true, compilerEnv = g})
+    end
+
     local more_fennel = os.getenv("FENNEL_PATH")
     if more_fennel then
-        fennel.path = more_fennel .. ";" .. fennel.path
+      fennel.path = more_fennel .. ";" .. fennel.path
     end
     if #arg > 0 then
-       script = table.remove(arg, 1)
-       fennel.dofile(script, {correlate = true},  arg)
+      if arg[1] == '--test' then
+        eval_as_test(arg[2])
+      else
+        script = table.remove(arg, 1)
+        fennel.dofile(script, {correlate = true},  arg)
+      end
     else
-        fennel.repl()
+      fennel.repl()
     end
   ''