diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da2f7cdad2..32f300b666 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 #### Fixed
 - `account delete` command: It is no longer necessary to provide the `--url` argument each time. Either the `--url` or `--network` argument must be provided, but not both, as they are mutually exclusive.
 
+### Forge
+
+#### Changed
+
+- When using test name filter with `--exact` flag, forge will try to compile only the selected test.
+
 ## [0.31.0] - 2024-09-26
 
 ### Cast
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6c5bb88e20..3e5ff6d54e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4763,6 +4763,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint",
  "regex",
  "serde_json",
+ "shared",
  "smol_str",
  "url",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/forge/src/pretty_printing.rs b/crates/forge/src/pretty_printing.rs
index 896e39686c..65b9e7f14f 100644
--- a/crates/forge/src/pretty_printing.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/src/pretty_printing.rs
@@ -26,21 +26,33 @@ pub(crate) fn print_running_tests(test_target_location: TestTargetLocation, test
     println!("{}", style(plain_text).bold());
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn print_test_summary(summaries: &[TestTargetSummary], filtered: usize) {
+// TODO(#2574): Bring back "filtered out" number in tests summary when running with `--exact` flag
+pub(crate) fn print_test_summary(summaries: &[TestTargetSummary], filtered: Option<usize>) {
     let passed: usize = summaries.iter().map(TestTargetSummary::count_passed).sum();
     let failed: usize = summaries.iter().map(TestTargetSummary::count_failed).sum();
     let skipped: usize = summaries.iter().map(TestTargetSummary::count_skipped).sum();
     let ignored: usize = summaries.iter().map(TestTargetSummary::count_ignored).sum();
 
-    println!(
-        "{}: {} passed, {} failed, {} skipped, {} ignored, {} filtered out",
-        style("Tests").bold(),
-        passed,
-        failed,
-        skipped,
-        ignored,
-        filtered,
-    );
+    if let Some(filtered) = filtered {
+        println!(
+            "{}: {} passed, {} failed, {} skipped, {} ignored, {} filtered out",
+            style("Tests").bold(),
+            passed,
+            failed,
+            skipped,
+            ignored,
+            filtered
+        );
+    } else {
+        println!(
+            "{}: {} passed, {} failed, {} skipped, {} ignored, other filtered out",
+            style("Tests").bold(),
+            passed,
+            failed,
+            skipped,
+            ignored
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn print_test_seed(seed: u64) {
diff --git a/crates/forge/src/run_tests/package.rs b/crates/forge/src/run_tests/package.rs
index 389df1035d..c114531783 100644
--- a/crates/forge/src/run_tests/package.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/src/run_tests/package.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
         load_test_artifacts, should_compile_starknet_contract_target,
     },
     shared_cache::FailedTestsCache,
-    test_filter::TestsFilter,
+    test_filter::{NameFilter, TestsFilter},
     warn::{
         warn_if_available_gas_used_with_incompatible_scarb_version,
         warn_if_incompatible_rpc_version,
@@ -172,8 +172,13 @@ pub async fn run_for_package(
         }
     }
 
-    let filtered = all_tests - not_filtered;
-    pretty_printing::print_test_summary(&summaries, filtered);
+    // TODO(#2574): Bring back "filtered out" number in tests summary when running with `--exact` flag
+    if let NameFilter::ExactMatch(_) = tests_filter.name_filter {
+        pretty_printing::print_test_summary(&summaries, None);
+    } else {
+        let filtered = all_tests - not_filtered;
+        pretty_printing::print_test_summary(&summaries, Some(filtered));
+    }
 
     let any_fuzz_test_was_run = summaries.iter().any(|test_target_summary| {
         test_target_summary
diff --git a/crates/forge/src/run_tests/workspace.rs b/crates/forge/src/run_tests/workspace.rs
index d7ff34eb58..bac7fc7171 100644
--- a/crates/forge/src/run_tests/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/src/run_tests/workspace.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use scarb_api::{
     target_dir_for_workspace, ScarbCommand,
 };
 use scarb_ui::args::PackagesFilter;
+use shared::consts::SNFORGE_TEST_FILTER;
 use std::env;
 
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ pub async fn run_for_workspace(args: TestArgs) -> Result<ExitStatus> {
 
     let filter = PackagesFilter::generate_for::<Metadata>(packages.iter());
 
+    if args.exact {
+        let test_filter = args.test_filter.clone();
+        if let Some(last_filter) =
+            test_filter.and_then(|filter| filter.split("::").last().map(String::from))
+        {
+            set_forge_test_filter(last_filter);
+        }
+    }
+
     build_artifacts_with_scarb(
         filter.clone(),
         args.features.clone(),
@@ -80,6 +90,10 @@ pub async fn run_for_workspace(args: TestArgs) -> Result<ExitStatus> {
     pretty_printing::print_latest_blocks_numbers(block_number_map.get_url_to_latest_block_number());
     pretty_printing::print_failures(&all_failed_tests);
 
+    if args.exact {
+        unset_forge_test_filter();
+    }
+
     Ok(if all_failed_tests.is_empty() {
         ExitStatus::Success
     } else {
@@ -101,3 +115,11 @@ fn extract_failed_tests(
             )
         })
 }
+
+fn set_forge_test_filter(test_filter: String) {
+    env::set_var(SNFORGE_TEST_FILTER, test_filter);
+}
+
+fn unset_forge_test_filter() {
+    env::remove_var(SNFORGE_TEST_FILTER);
+}
diff --git a/crates/forge/src/test_filter.rs b/crates/forge/src/test_filter.rs
index 59b13058bd..25bb478d7f 100644
--- a/crates/forge/src/test_filter.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/src/test_filter.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use forge_runner::TestCaseFilter;
 // Specifies what tests should be included
 pub struct TestsFilter {
     // based on name
-    name_filter: NameFilter,
+    pub(crate) name_filter: NameFilter,
     // based on `#[ignore]` attribute
     ignored_filter: IgnoredFilter,
     // based on rerun_failed flag
diff --git a/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/Scarb.toml b/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/Scarb.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bc65e01db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/Scarb.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "duplicated_test_names"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2023_11"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+snforge_std = { path = "../../../../../snforge_std" }
+
+[scripts]
+test = "snforge test"
diff --git a/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/src/lib.cairo b/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/src/lib.cairo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/src/lib.cairo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/tests/tests_a.cairo b/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/tests/tests_a.cairo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..771717f38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/tests/tests_a.cairo
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#[test]
+fn test_simple() {
+    assert(1 == 1, 'simple check');
+}
diff --git a/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/tests/tests_b.cairo b/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/tests/tests_b.cairo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..771717f38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/forge/tests/data/duplicated_test_names/tests/tests_b.cairo
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#[test]
+fn test_simple() {
+    assert(1 == 1, 'simple check');
+}
diff --git a/crates/forge/tests/e2e/forking.rs b/crates/forge/tests/e2e/forking.rs
index 8f719c8ae7..2dc4a26882 100644
--- a/crates/forge/tests/e2e/forking.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/tests/e2e/forking.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fn with_cache() {
         Failure data:
             0x42616c616e63652073686f756c642062652030 ('Balance should be 0')
 
-        Tests: 0 passed, 1 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, 4 filtered out
+        Tests: 0 passed, 1 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, other filtered out
 
         Failures:
             forking::tests::test_fork_simple
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ fn with_clean_cache() {
         Collected 1 test(s) from forking package
         Running 1 test(s) from src/
         [PASS] forking::tests::test_fork_simple [..]
-        Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, 4 filtered out
+        Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, other filtered out
         "},
     );
 }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ fn printing_latest_block_number() {
         Collected 1 test(s) from forking package
         Running 1 test(s) from src/
         [PASS] forking::tests::print_block_number_when_latest [..]
-        Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, 4 filtered out
+        Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, other filtered out
 
         Latest block number = [..] for url = {node_rpc_url}
         "},
diff --git a/crates/forge/tests/e2e/running.rs b/crates/forge/tests/e2e/running.rs
index 846bc16c14..7a664e727d 100644
--- a/crates/forge/tests/e2e/running.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/tests/e2e/running.rs
@@ -226,7 +226,33 @@ fn with_exact_filter() {
         Running 0 test(s) from src/
         Running 1 test(s) from tests/
         [PASS] simple_package_integrationtest::test_simple::test_two [..]
-        Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, 12 filtered out
+        Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, other filtered out
+        "},
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn with_exact_filter_and_duplicated_test_names() {
+    let temp = setup_package("duplicated_test_names");
+
+    let output = test_runner(&temp)
+        .arg("duplicated_test_names_integrationtest::tests_a::test_simple")
+        .arg("--exact")
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+
+    assert_stdout_contains(
+        output,
+        indoc! {r"
+        [..]Compiling[..]
+        [..]Finished[..]
+
+
+        Collected 1 test(s) from duplicated_test_names package
+        Running 0 test(s) from src/
+        Running 1 test(s) from tests/
+        [PASS] duplicated_test_names_integrationtest::tests_a::test_simple [..]
+        Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, other filtered out
         "},
     );
 }
diff --git a/crates/shared/src/consts.rs b/crates/shared/src/consts.rs
index 612cefae44..d94812861f 100644
--- a/crates/shared/src/consts.rs
+++ b/crates/shared/src/consts.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub const EXPECTED_RPC_VERSION: &str = "0.7.0";
 pub const RPC_URL_VERSION: &str = "v0_7";
+pub const SNFORGE_TEST_FILTER: &str = "SNFORGE_TEST_FILTER";
diff --git a/crates/snforge-scarb-plugin/Cargo.toml b/crates/snforge-scarb-plugin/Cargo.toml
index 794b10bb71..755a81d14b 100644
--- a/crates/snforge-scarb-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/snforge-scarb-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ indoc.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 smol_str.workspace = true
 num-bigint.workspace = true
+shared.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/crates/snforge-scarb-plugin/src/attributes/test.rs b/crates/snforge-scarb-plugin/src/attributes/test.rs
index 224db6874a..b8573f3cde 100644
--- a/crates/snforge-scarb-plugin/src/attributes/test.rs
+++ b/crates/snforge-scarb-plugin/src/attributes/test.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ use crate::{
     common::{into_proc_macro_result, with_parsed_values},
 };
 use cairo_lang_macro::{Diagnostic, Diagnostics, ProcMacroResult, TokenStream};
-use cairo_lang_syntax::node::{ast::FunctionWithBody, db::SyntaxGroup, TypedSyntaxNode};
+use cairo_lang_syntax::node::{ast::FunctionWithBody, db::SyntaxGroup, Terminal, TypedSyntaxNode};
 use indoc::formatdoc;
 
+use shared::consts::SNFORGE_TEST_FILTER;
+use std::env::{self, VarError};
 struct TestCollector;
 
 impl AttributeInfo for TestCollector {
@@ -34,14 +36,33 @@ fn test_internal(
     let config = InternalConfigStatementCollector::ATTR_NAME;
 
     let func_item = func.as_syntax_node().get_text(db);
+    let name = func.declaration(db).name(db).text(db).to_string();
 
-    let result = formatdoc!(
-        "
+    let test_filter = get_forge_test_filter().ok();
+
+    let should_run_test = match test_filter {
+        Some(ref filter) => name.contains(filter),
+        None => true,
+    };
+
+    if should_run_test {
+        Ok(formatdoc!(
+            "
             #[snforge_internal_test_executable]
             #[{config}]
             {func_item}
         "
-    );
+        ))
+    } else {
+        Ok(formatdoc!(
+            "
+            #[{config}]
+            {func_item}
+        "
+        ))
+    }
+}
 
-    Ok(result)
+fn get_forge_test_filter() -> Result<String, VarError> {
+    env::var(SNFORGE_TEST_FILTER)
 }
diff --git a/docs/src/getting-started/first-steps.md b/docs/src/getting-started/first-steps.md
index 8f883cab6f..36036d2a66 100644
--- a/docs/src/getting-started/first-steps.md
+++ b/docs/src/getting-started/first-steps.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Running 0 test(s) from src/
 Running 2 test(s) from tests/
 [PASS] tests::test_contract::test_increase_balance (gas: ~170)
 [PASS] tests::test_contract::test_cannot_increase_balance_with_zero_value (gas: ~104)
-Tests: 2 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, 0 filtered out
+Tests: 2 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored
 ```
 
 ## Using `snforge` With Existing Scarb Projects
diff --git a/docs/src/testing/running-tests.md b/docs/src/testing/running-tests.md
index 44b5a6fb14..e5cb0eaaa2 100644
--- a/docs/src/testing/running-tests.md
+++ b/docs/src/testing/running-tests.md
@@ -32,12 +32,17 @@ Tests: 2 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, 1 filtered out
 To run a specific test, you can pass a filter string along with an `--exact` flag.
 Note, you have to use a fully qualified test name, including a module name.
 
+> 📝 **Note**
+>
+> Running a specific test results in optimized compilation. `snforge` will try to compile only the desired test, unlike the case of running all tests where all of them are compiled.
+>
+
 ```shell
 $ snforge test package_name::tests::calling --exact
 Collected 1 test(s) from package_name package
 Running 1 test(s) from src/
 [PASS] package_name::tests::calling
-Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, 2 filtered out
+Tests: 1 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 ignored, other filtered out
 ```
 
 ## Stopping Test Execution After First Failed Test
diff --git a/docs/src/testing/testing.md b/docs/src/testing/testing.md
index 9d712e00f4..17654dc639 100644
--- a/docs/src/testing/testing.md
+++ b/docs/src/testing/testing.md
@@ -60,20 +60,20 @@ To mark a test as expected to fail, use the `#[should_panic]` attribute.
 You can specify the expected failure message in three ways:
 
 1. **With ByteArray**:
-  ```rust
+```rust
 {{#include ../../listings/snforge_overview/crates/writing_tests/tests/expected_failures.cairo:byte_array}}
-  ```
-  With this format, the expected error message needs to be a substring of the actual error message. This is particularly useful when the error message includes dynamic data such as a hash or address.
+```
+With this format, the expected error message needs to be a substring of the actual error message. This is particularly useful when the error message includes dynamic data such as a hash or address.
 
 2. **With felt**
-  ```rust
+```rust
 {{#include ../../listings/snforge_overview/crates/writing_tests/tests/expected_failures.cairo:felt}}
-  ```
+```
 
 3. **With tuple of felts**:
-  ```rust
+```rust
 {{#include ../../listings/snforge_overview/crates/writing_tests/tests/expected_failures.cairo:tuple}}
-  ```
+```
 
 
 ```shell