diff --git a/rtic/Cargo.toml b/rtic/Cargo.toml
index e73b970de9..ccda992e6c 100644
--- a/rtic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtic/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ thumbv8main-backend = ["rtic-macros/cortex-m-basepri"]
 # riscv-esp32c3-backend = ["rtic-macros/riscv-esp32c3"]
 
 # needed for testing
+rtic-uitest = ["thumbv7-backend","rtic-macros/cortex-m-basepri"]
 test-critical-section = ["cortex-m/critical-section-single-core", "rtic-monotonics/systick-100hz"]
 
 # [[example]]
diff --git a/rtic/src/export.rs b/rtic/src/export.rs
index 6fc97add3e..86e9c3a875 100644
--- a/rtic/src/export.rs
+++ b/rtic/src/export.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ compile_error!(
     "Building for Cortex-M with source masking, but 'thumbv6-backend' or 'thumbv8base-backend' backend not selected"
 );
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex-m-basepri"))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex-m-basepri", feature = "rtic-uitest"))]
 pub use cortex_basepri::*;
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex-m-basepri"))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex-m-basepri", feature = "rtic-uitest"))]
 mod cortex_basepri;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "cortex-m-source-masking")]
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ pub use cortex_source_mask::*;
 mod cortex_source_mask;
 
 /// Priority conversion, takes logical priorities 1..=N and converts it to NVIC priority.
-#[cfg(any(feature = "cortex-m-basepri", feature = "cortex-m-source-masking",))]
+#[cfg(any(
+    feature = "cortex-m-basepri",
+    feature = "cortex-m-source-masking",
+    feature = "rtic-uitest",
+))]
 #[inline]
 #[must_use]
 pub const fn cortex_logical2hw(logical: u8, nvic_prio_bits: u8) -> u8 {
diff --git a/xtask/src/argument_parsing.rs b/xtask/src/argument_parsing.rs
index 1fc06c1f8b..aef5e3ab59 100644
--- a/xtask/src/argument_parsing.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/argument_parsing.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ impl TestMetadata {
         match package {
             Package::Rtic => {
                 let features = Some(format!(
-                    "{},{}",
+                    "{},{},{}",
                     DEFAULT_FEATURES,
                     backend.to_rtic_feature(),
+                    "rtic-uitest"
                 ));
                 CargoCommand::Test {
                     package: Some(package),