diff --git a/main-actions/src/main/scala/sbt/ForkTests.scala b/main-actions/src/main/scala/sbt/ForkTests.scala
index eab1b0d7f..ddc01a850 100755
--- a/main-actions/src/main/scala/sbt/ForkTests.scala
+++ b/main-actions/src/main/scala/sbt/ForkTests.scala
@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@ import sbt.internal.util.{ RunningProcesses, Terminal => UTerminal }
 private[sbt] object ForkTests {
   def apply(
       runners: Map[TestFramework, Runner],
-      tests: Vector[TestDefinition],
+      opts: ProcessedOptions,
       config: Execution,
       classpath: Seq[File],
       fork: ForkOptions,
       log: Logger,
       tags: (Tag, Int)*
   ): Task[TestOutput] = {
-    val opts = processOptions(config, tests, log)
-
     import std.TaskExtra._
     val dummyLoader = this.getClass.getClassLoader // can't provide the loader for test classes, which is in another jvm
     def all(work: Seq[ClassLoader => Unit]) = work.fork(f => f(dummyLoader))
@@ -46,6 +44,19 @@ private[sbt] object ForkTests {
     }
   }
 
+  def apply(
+      runners: Map[TestFramework, Runner],
+      tests: Vector[TestDefinition],
+      config: Execution,
+      classpath: Seq[File],
+      fork: ForkOptions,
+      log: Logger,
+      tags: (Tag, Int)*
+  ): Task[TestOutput] = {
+    val opts = processOptions(config, tests, log)
+    apply(runners, opts, config, classpath, fork, log, tags: _*)
+  }
+
   def apply(
       runners: Map[TestFramework, Runner],
       tests: Vector[TestDefinition],
diff --git a/main-actions/src/main/scala/sbt/Tests.scala b/main-actions/src/main/scala/sbt/Tests.scala
index 87f043e85..90f64b29e 100644
--- a/main-actions/src/main/scala/sbt/Tests.scala
+++ b/main-actions/src/main/scala/sbt/Tests.scala
@@ -308,11 +308,10 @@ object Tests {
       frameworks: Map[TestFramework, Framework],
       testLoader: ClassLoader,
       runners: Map[TestFramework, Runner],
-      discovered: Vector[TestDefinition],
+      o: ProcessedOptions,
       config: Execution,
       log: ManagedLogger
   ): Task[Output] = {
-    val o = processOptions(config, discovered, log)
     testTask(
       testLoader,
       frameworks,
@@ -326,6 +325,18 @@ object Tests {
     )
   }
 
+  def apply(
+      frameworks: Map[TestFramework, Framework],
+      testLoader: ClassLoader,
+      runners: Map[TestFramework, Runner],
+      discovered: Vector[TestDefinition],
+      config: Execution,
+      log: ManagedLogger
+  ): Task[Output] = {
+    val o = processOptions(config, discovered, log)
+    apply(frameworks, testLoader, runners, o, config, log)
+  }
+
   def testTask(
       loader: ClassLoader,
       frameworks: Map[TestFramework, Framework],
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 48607da80..f8a44c7e9 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -1502,7 +1502,26 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
       strategy: ClassLoaderLayeringStrategy,
       projectId: String
   ): Initialize[Task[Tests.Output]] = {
-    val runners = createTestRunners(frameworks, loader, config)
+    val processedOptions: Map[Tests.Group, Tests.ProcessedOptions] =
+      groups
+        .map(
+          group => group -> Tests.processOptions(config, group.tests.toVector, s.log)
+        )
+        .toMap
+
+    val testDefinitions: Iterable[TestDefinition] = processedOptions.values.flatMap(_.tests)
+
+    val filteredFrameworks: Map[TestFramework, Framework] = frameworks.filter {
+      case (_, framework) =>
+        TestFramework.getFingerprints(framework).exists { t =>
+          testDefinitions.exists { test =>
+            TestFramework.matches(t, test.fingerprint)
+          }
+        }
+    }
+
+    val runners = createTestRunners(filteredFrameworks, loader, config)
+
     val groupTasks = groups map { group =>
       group.runPolicy match {
         case Tests.SubProcess(opts) =>
@@ -1511,7 +1530,7 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
           s.log.debug(s"Forking tests - parallelism = ${forkedConfig.parallel}")
           ForkTests(
             runners,
-            group.tests.toVector,
+            processedOptions(group),
             forkedConfig,
             cp.files,
             opts,
@@ -1526,7 +1545,7 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
             frameworks,
             loader,
             runners,
-            group.tests.toVector,
+            processedOptions(group),
             config.copy(tags = config.tags ++ group.tags),
             s.log
           )
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c24c76ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+val scalatest = "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.2"
+val munit = "org.scalameta" %% "munit" % "0.7.22"
+
+ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "2.12.12"
+
+libraryDependencies += scalatest % Test
+libraryDependencies += munit % Test
+
+testFrameworks += new TestFramework("munit.Framework")
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/src/test/scala/example/MunitSpec.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/src/test/scala/example/MunitSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d500a981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/src/test/scala/example/MunitSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package example
+
+import munit.FunSuite
+
+class Spec extends FunSuite {
+  test("munit should work") {
+    assertEquals(1, 1)
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/src/test/scala/example/ScalaTestSpec.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/src/test/scala/example/ScalaTestSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9e43722c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/src/test/scala/example/ScalaTestSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package example
+
+import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+
+class ScalaTestSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
+  "ScalaTest" should "work" in {
+    1 shouldBe 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37b26041c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/filter-runners/test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+> testOnly example.MunitSpec example.ScalaTestSpec
+> testOnly example.MunitSpec -- "--tests=munit"