diff --git a/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/AbstractEclipseTestMojo.java b/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/AbstractEclipseTestMojo.java
index 092ee9d7a4..b62ce1c592 100644
--- a/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/AbstractEclipseTestMojo.java
+++ b/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/AbstractEclipseTestMojo.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.StringJoiner;
@@ -429,9 +430,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractEclipseTestMojo extends AbstractTestMojo {
      * when installing products under test (see below).
      * <ul>
      * <li>In <code>default</code> mode, all necessary files to define the test runtime like
-     * <code>config.ini</code> are generated by tycho. This installation mode has the advantage that the
-     * test runtime is minimal (defined by the transitive dependencies of the test bundle plus and
-     * the test harness) and existing bundle jars are referenced rather than copied for the
+     * <code>config.ini</code> are generated by tycho. This installation mode has the advantage that
+     * the test runtime is minimal (defined by the transitive dependencies of the test bundle plus
+     * and the test harness) and existing bundle jars are referenced rather than copied for the
      * installation</li>
      * <li>In <code>p2Installed</code> mode, use p2 director to install test bundle, test harness
      * bundles and respective dependencies. This installation mode can be used for integration tests
@@ -510,6 +511,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractEclipseTestMojo extends AbstractTestMojo {
     @Parameter
     private Dependency[] dependencies;
 
+    /**
+     * Additional root IUs to install, only relevant if {@link #testRuntime} is
+     * <code>p2Installed</code>.
+     * 
+     * <pre>
+     * &lt;install&gt;
+     *    &lt;iu&gt;
+     *       &lt;id&gt;...&lt;/id&gt;
+     *       &lt;version&gt;...optional version...&lt;/id&gt;
+     *       &lt;feature&gt;true/false&lt;/feature&gt; &lt;!-- optional if true .feature.group is automatically added to the id  --&gt;
+     * &lt;/install&gt;
+     * </pre>
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private List<IU> install;
+
     /**
      * p2 <a href=
      * "https://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fp2_director.html"
@@ -678,6 +695,14 @@ private List<String> getIUsToInstall(Set<Artifact> testHarnessArtifacts) {
         LinkedHashSet<ArtifactKey> extraDependencies = new LinkedHashSet<>(
                 projectManager.getTargetPlatformConfiguration(project).getAdditionalArtifacts());
         extraDependencies.addAll(osgiBundle.getExtraTestRequirements(getReactorProject()));
+        // 4. mojo specified extras
+        if (this.install != null) {
+            for (IU iu : this.install) {
+                extraDependencies.add(new DefaultArtifactKey(
+                        iu.feature ? ArtifactType.TYPE_ECLIPSE_FEATURE : ArtifactType.TYPE_ECLIPSE_PLUGIN, iu.id,
+                        Objects.requireNonNullElse(iu.version, "0.0.0")));
+            }
+        }
         for (ArtifactKey extraDependency : extraDependencies) {
             String type = extraDependency.getType();
             if (ArtifactType.TYPE_ECLIPSE_PLUGIN.equals(type) || ArtifactType.TYPE_INSTALLABLE_UNIT.equals(type)) {
diff --git a/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/IU.java b/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/IU.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6695f7a0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/IU.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Christoph Läubrich and others.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *    Christoph Läubrich - initial API and implementation
+ *    
+ */
+package org.eclipse.tycho.surefire;
+
+public final class IU {
+    String id;
+    String version;
+    boolean feature;
+}
diff --git a/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/TestPluginMojo.java b/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/TestPluginMojo.java
index 336702e3db..552b963e37 100644
--- a/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/TestPluginMojo.java
+++ b/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/TestPluginMojo.java
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
  * runtime" consists of the bundle built in this project and its transitive dependencies, plus some
  * Equinox and test harness bundles. The bundles are resolved from the target platform of the
  * project. Note that the test runtime does typically <em>not</em> contain the entire target
- * platform. If there are implicitly required bundles (e.g. <code>org.apache.felix.scr</code> to make
- * declarative services work), they need to be added manually through an <code>extraRequirements</code>
- * configuration on the <code>target-platform-configuration</code> plugin.
+ * platform. If there are implicitly required bundles (e.g. <code>org.apache.felix.scr</code> to
+ * make declarative services work), they need to be added manually through an
+ * <code>extraRequirements</code> configuration on the <code>target-platform-configuration</code>
+ * plugin.
  * </p>
  */
 @Mojo(name = "test", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.INTEGRATION_TEST, requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.RUNTIME, threadSafe = true)
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ public class TestPluginMojo extends AbstractEclipseTestMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "maven.test.failure.ignore", defaultValue = "false")
     private boolean testFailureIgnore;
 
+    @Parameter
+    private boolean quiet;
+
     /**
      * Configures the packaging type where this mojos applies, would normally be one of
      * eclipse-test-plugin or eclipse-plugin.
@@ -81,15 +85,19 @@ protected File getReportsDirectory() {
 
     @Override
     protected void handleSuccess() {
-        getLog().info("All tests passed");
+        if (!quiet) {
+            getLog().info("All tests passed");
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void handleTestFailures() throws MojoFailureException {
         String errorMessage = "There are test failures.\n\nPlease refer to " + reportsDirectory
-                + " for the individual test results.";
+                + " for the individual test results.\n\n";
         if (testFailureIgnore) {
-            getLog().error(errorMessage);
+            if (!quiet) {
+                getLog().error(errorMessage);
+            }
         } else {
             throw new MojoFailureException(errorMessage);
         }