diff --git a/cli/args/flags.rs b/cli/args/flags.rs
index 8b8cf8d86de99c..c6fbb320b25870 100644
--- a/cli/args/flags.rs
+++ b/cli/args/flags.rs
@@ -480,6 +480,10 @@ static ENV_VARIABLES_HELP: &str = r#"ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:
     DENO_NO_PROMPT       Set to disable permission prompts on access
                          (alternative to passing --no-prompt on invocation)
     DENO_WEBGPU_TRACE    Directory to use for wgpu traces
+    DENO_JOBS            Number of parallel workers used for test subcommand.
+                         Defaults to number of available CPUs when used with
+                         --jobs flag and no value is provided.
+                         Defaults to 1 when --jobs flag is not used.
     HTTP_PROXY           Proxy address for HTTP requests
                          (module downloads, fetch)
     HTTPS_PROXY          Proxy address for HTTPS requests
@@ -1548,7 +1552,7 @@ fn test_subcommand<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
       Arg::new("jobs")
         .short('j')
         .long("jobs")
-        .help("Number of parallel workers, defaults to # of CPUs when no value is provided. Defaults to 1 when the option is not present.")
+        .help("Number of parallel workers, defaults to number of available CPUs when no value is provided. Defaults to 1 when the option is not present.")
         .min_values(0)
         .max_values(1)
         .takes_value(true)
@@ -2666,6 +2670,10 @@ fn test_parse(flags: &mut Flags, matches: &clap::ArgMatches) {
   let concurrent_jobs = if matches.is_present("jobs") {
     if let Some(value) = matches.value_of("jobs") {
       value.parse().unwrap()
+    } else if let Ok(value) = env::var("DENO_JOBS") {
+      value
+        .parse::<NonZeroUsize>()
+        .unwrap_or(NonZeroUsize::new(1).unwrap())
     } else {
       std::thread::available_parallelism()
         .unwrap_or(NonZeroUsize::new(1).unwrap())
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/test_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/test_tests.rs
index 98192335909b16..e1c7700db77f88 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/test_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/test_tests.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,32 @@ itest!(collect {
   output: "test/collect.out",
 });
 
+itest!(jobs_flag {
+  args: "test test/short-pass.ts --jobs",
+  exit_code: 0,
+  output: "test/short-pass.out",
+});
+
+itest!(jobs_flag_with_numeric_value {
+  args: "test test/short-pass.ts --jobs=2",
+  exit_code: 0,
+  output: "test/short-pass-jobs-flag-with-numeric-value.out",
+});
+
+itest!(jobs_flag_with_env_variable {
+  args: "test test/short-pass.ts --jobs",
+  envs: vec![("DENO_JOBS".to_owned(), "2".to_owned())],
+  exit_code: 0,
+  output: "test/short-pass.out",
+});
+
+itest!(jobs_flag_with_numeric_value_and_env_var {
+  args: "test test/short-pass.ts --jobs=2",
+  envs: vec![("DENO_JOBS".to_owned(), "3".to_owned())],
+  exit_code: 0,
+  output: "test/short-pass-jobs-flag-with-numeric-value.out",
+});
+
 itest!(load_unload {
   args: "test test/load_unload.ts",
   exit_code: 0,
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass-jobs-flag-with-numeric-value.out b/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass-jobs-flag-with-numeric-value.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..09b72d5fd90170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass-jobs-flag-with-numeric-value.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Check [WILDCARD]/test/short-pass.ts
+running 1 test from ./test/short-pass.ts
+test ... ok ([WILDCARD])
+
+ok | 1 passed | 0 failed ([WILDCARD])
+
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass.out b/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..09b72d5fd90170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Check [WILDCARD]/test/short-pass.ts
+running 1 test from ./test/short-pass.ts
+test ... ok ([WILDCARD])
+
+ok | 1 passed | 0 failed ([WILDCARD])
+
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..03818ae8d43fb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/test/short-pass.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deno.test("test", () => {});