diff --git a/manifest/main.ml b/manifest/main.ml
index a104e3d1399422ff6302a4a964854d2714c9ad4c..97885d79d4f93ac76c4ac0c77064d303291db481 100644
--- a/manifest/main.ml
+++ b/manifest/main.ml
@@ -2997,6 +2997,29 @@ end = struct
                   ~action:(run_exe "main" ["test"; "Unit"]);
               ]
       in
+      let _regresssion =
+        if N.(number >= 014) then
+          Some
+            (test
+               "main"
+               ~path:
+                 (sf
+                    "src/proto_%s/lib_protocol/test/regression"
+                    name_underscore)
+               ~opam:(sf "tezos-protocol-%s-tests" name_dash)
+               ~deps:
+                 [
+                   tezt;
+                   tezos_base |> open_ ~m:"TzPervasives";
+                   main |> open_;
+                   client |> if_some |> open_;
+                   plugin |> if_some |> open_;
+                   test_helpers |> if_some |> open_;
+                   tezos_micheline |> open_;
+                 ]
+               ~dep_globs:["contracts/*"; "tezt/_regressions/*"])
+        else None
+      in
       ()
 
     let make ~template_version ~name_dash ~name_underscore ~number () =
@@ -4775,6 +4798,10 @@ let exclude filename =
   (* Dune files in src/proto_*/parameters only have a (copy_files) stanza
      (no library / executable / test). *)
   | "src" :: maybe_proto :: "parameters" :: _ when is_proto_ maybe_proto -> true
+  (* This dune file does not contain any targets, only a dirs stanza. *)
+  | ["src"; maybe_proto; "lib_protocol"; "test"; "regression"; "tezt"; "dune"]
+    when is_proto_ maybe_proto ->
+      true
   (* The following directory has a very specific structure that would be hard
      to port to the manifest. Also, it is not released, and is not a dependency
      for releases as it is an opt-in instrumentation. *)
diff --git a/opam/tezos-protocol-alpha-tests.opam b/opam/tezos-protocol-alpha-tests.opam
index 24cf61c2e30c1ecdfa66e02c88aac192d3866752..276216d25a0d28062176df45c662b4af0b09c66a 100644
--- a/opam/tezos-protocol-alpha-tests.opam
+++ b/opam/tezos-protocol-alpha-tests.opam
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ depends: [
   "tezos-protocol-environment" {with-test}
   "tezos-stdlib-unix" {with-test}
   "tezos-stdlib" {with-test}
+  "tezt" {with-test}
 ]
 build: [
   ["rm" "-r" "vendors"]
diff --git a/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/test/regression/dune b/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/test/regression/dune
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..03227ca9d865ebb0fbce2143127fbc474054f353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/test/regression/dune
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+; This file was automatically generated, do not edit.
+; Edit file manifest/main.ml instead.
+
+(executable
+ (name main)
+ (libraries
+  tezt
+  tezos-base
+  tezos-protocol-alpha
+  tezos-client-alpha
+  tezos-protocol-plugin-alpha
+  tezos-alpha-test-helpers
+  tezos-micheline)
+ (flags
+  (:standard
+   -open Tezos_base.TzPervasives
+   -open Tezos_protocol_alpha
+   -open Tezos_client_alpha
+   -open Tezos_protocol_plugin_alpha
+   -open Tezos_alpha_test_helpers
+   -open Tezos_micheline)))
+
+(rule
+ (alias runtest)
+ (package tezos-protocol-alpha-tests)
+ (deps (glob_files contracts/*) (glob_files tezt/_regressions/*))
+ (action (run %{dep:./main.exe})))
diff --git a/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/test/regression/tezt/dune b/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/test/regression/tezt/dune
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e73910ff83428fd5dad5f68892e60efaffda6052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/test/regression/tezt/dune
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(dirs :standard _regressions)