diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index b4c4681fd43..32684b2293c 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -738,6 +738,14 @@ let package = Package(
     swiftLanguageVersions: [.v5]
 )
 
+#if canImport(Darwin)
+package.targets.append(contentsOf: [
+    .executableTarget(
+        name: "swiftpm-testing-helper"
+    )
+])
+#endif
+
 // Workaround SPM's attempt to link in executables which does not work on all
 // platforms.
 #if !os(Windows)
diff --git a/Sources/swiftpm-testing-helper/Entrypoint.swift b/Sources/swiftpm-testing-helper/Entrypoint.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84ae211a6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/swiftpm-testing-helper/Entrypoint.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This source file is part of the Swift open source project
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2024 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
+// Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
+//
+// See http://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
+// See http://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of Swift project authors
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import Darwin.C
+
+@main
+struct Entrypoint {
+    static func main() throws {
+        let args = CommandLine.arguments
+        if args.count >= 3, args[1] == "--test-bundle-path" {
+            let bundlePath = args[2]
+            guard let image = dlopen(bundlePath, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_FIRST) else {
+                let errorMessage: String = dlerror().flatMap {
+                    #if compiler(>=6)
+                    String(validatingCString: $0)
+                    #else
+                    String(validatingUTF8: $0)
+                    #endif
+                } ?? "An unknown error occurred."
+                fatalError("Failed to open test bundle at path \(bundlePath): \(errorMessage)")
+            }
+            defer {
+                dlclose(image)
+            }
+
+            // Find and call the main function from the image. This function may
+            // link to the copy of Swift Testing included with Xcode, or may link to
+            // a copy that's included as a package dependency.
+            let main = dlsym(image, "main").map {
+                unsafeBitCast(
+                    $0,
+                    to: (@convention(c) (CInt, UnsafeMutablePointer<UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar>?>) -> CInt).self
+                )
+            }
+            if let main {
+                exit(main(CommandLine.argc, CommandLine.unsafeArgv))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Utilities/bootstrap b/Utilities/bootstrap
index 63b6aa464d1..62fbbc4b21a 100755
--- a/Utilities/bootstrap
+++ b/Utilities/bootstrap
@@ -435,7 +435,14 @@ def install(args):
 def install_swiftpm(prefix, args):
     # Install the swift-package-manager tool and create symlinks to it.
     cli_tool_dest = os.path.join(prefix, "bin")
+    aux_tool_dest = os.path.join(prefix, "libexec", "swift", "pm")
+
     install_binary(args, "swift-package-manager", os.path.join(cli_tool_dest, "swift-package"), destination_is_directory=False)
+
+    # `swiftpm-testing-helper` only exists on Darwin platforms
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(args.bin_dir, "swiftpm-testing-helper")):
+        install_binary(args, "swiftpm-testing-helper", aux_tool_dest)
+
     for tool in ["swift-build", "swift-test", "swift-run", "swift-package-collection", "swift-package-registry", "swift-sdk", "swift-experimental-sdk"]:
         src = "swift-package"
         dest = os.path.join(cli_tool_dest, tool)