diff --git a/integration_tests/Cargo.toml b/integration_tests/Cargo.toml
index cc9d95d10d..805274149d 100644
--- a/integration_tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/integration_tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ authors = ["The Chromium OS Authors"]
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tempfile = "3"
+anyhow = "*"
 arch = { path = "../arch" }
 base = "*"
+cfg-if = "*"
 libc = "0.2.65"
-anyhow = "*"
+tempfile = "3"
+
+[features]
+direct = []
diff --git a/integration_tests/run b/integration_tests/run
index 1d2cd15ce9..5bb55c13c2 100755
--- a/integration_tests/run
+++ b/integration_tests/run
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 # There is an RFC for cargo to allow for this kind of dependency:
 # https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/9096
 cd $(dirname $0)
-(cd .. && cargo build $@)
+(cd .. && cargo build $@ && cargo build --features=direct --bin crosvm-direct)
 cargo test $@
diff --git a/integration_tests/tests/fixture.rs b/integration_tests/tests/fixture.rs
index 0ab1dd5cd7..bf6b73059d 100644
--- a/integration_tests/tests/fixture.rs
+++ b/integration_tests/tests/fixture.rs
@@ -80,18 +80,29 @@ fn rootfs_path() -> PathBuf {
 
 /// The crosvm binary is expected to be alongside to the integration tests
 /// binary. Alternatively in the parent directory (cargo will put the
-/// test binary in target/debug/deps/ but the crosvm binary in target/debug).
+/// test binary in target/debug/deps/ but the crosvm binary in target/debug)
 fn find_crosvm_binary() -> PathBuf {
+    cfg_if::cfg_if! {
+        if #[cfg(features="direct")] {
+            let binary_name = "crosvm-direct";
+        } else {
+            let binary_name = "crosvm";
+        }
+    }
+
     let exe_dir = env::current_exe().unwrap().parent().unwrap().to_path_buf();
-    let first = exe_dir.join("crosvm");
+    let first = exe_dir.join(binary_name);
     if first.exists() {
         return first;
     }
-    let second = exe_dir.parent().unwrap().join("crosvm");
+    let second = exe_dir.parent().unwrap().join(binary_name);
     if second.exists() {
         return second;
     }
-    panic!("Cannot find ./crosvm or ../crosvm alongside test binary.");
+    panic!(
+        "Cannot find {} in ./ or ../ alongside test binary.",
+        binary_name
+    );
 }
 
 /// Safe wrapper for libc::mkfifo
diff --git a/tools/impl/test_runner.py b/tools/impl/test_runner.py
index c694e13a95..3c5cd52bfe 100644
--- a/tools/impl/test_runner.py
+++ b/tools/impl/test_runner.py
@@ -226,15 +226,18 @@ def build_common_crate(build_env: dict[str, str], build_arch: Arch, crate: Crate
     return list(cargo_build_executables([], build_arch, env=build_env, cwd=crate.path))
 
 
-def build_all_binaries(target: TestTarget, build_arch: Arch):
+def build_all_binaries(target: TestTarget, build_arch: Arch, crosvm_direct: bool):
     """Discover all crates and build them."""
     build_env = os.environ.copy()
     build_env.update(test_target.get_cargo_env(target, build_arch))
 
     print("Building crosvm workspace")
+    features = BUILD_FEATURES[build_arch]
+    if crosvm_direct:
+        features += ",direct"
     yield from cargo_build_executables(
         [
-            "--features=" + BUILD_FEATURES[build_arch],
+            "--features=" + features,
             "--verbose",
             "--workspace",
             *[f"--exclude={crate}" for crate in get_workspace_excludes(build_arch)],
@@ -379,6 +382,10 @@ def main():
         "--build-only",
         action="store_true",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--crosvm-direct",
+        action="store_true",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--repeat",
         type=int,
@@ -406,7 +413,7 @@ def main():
         testvm.build_if_needed(target.vm)
         testvm.up(target.vm)
 
-    executables = list(build_all_binaries(target, build_arch))
+    executables = list(build_all_binaries(target, build_arch, args.crosvm_direct))
 
     if args.build_only:
         print("Not running tests as requested.")