diff --git a/doc/build_system.txt b/doc/build_system.txt
index 0b1b0c2054..053d449862 100644
--- a/doc/build_system.txt
+++ b/doc/build_system.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ fate
 fate-list
     List all fate/regression test targets.
 
+fate-list-failing
+    List the fate tests that failed the last time they were executed.
+
+fate-clear-reports
+    Remove the test reports from previous test executions (getting rid of
+    potentially stale results from fate-list-failing).
+
 install
     Install headers, libraries and programs.
 
diff --git a/doc/fate.texi b/doc/fate.texi
index 17644ce65a..7a2e0edfcc 100644
--- a/doc/fate.texi
+++ b/doc/fate.texi
@@ -208,6 +208,13 @@ Download/synchronize sample files to the configured samples directory.
 @item fate-list
 Will list all fate/regression test targets.
 
+@item fate-list-failing
+List the fate tests that failed the last time they were executed.
+
+@item fate-clear-reports
+Remove the test reports from previous test executions (getting rid of
+potentially stale results from fate-list-failing).
+
 @item fate
 Run the FATE test suite (requires the fate-suite dataset).
 @end table
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 9b70145015..f9f5fc07f3 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ $(FATE): $(FATE_UTILS:%=tests/%$(HOSTEXESUF)) | $(FATE_OUTDIRS)
 fate-list:
 	@printf '%s\n' $(sort $(FATE))
 
+fate-list-failing:
+	@! ls tests/data/fate/*.rep >/dev/null 2>&1 || awk -F: '$$2 != 0 { print "fate-" $$1 }' tests/data/fate/*.rep
+
+fate-clear-reports:
+	@rm -f tests/data/fate/*.rep
+
 coverage.info: TAG = LCOV
 coverage.info:
 	$(M)lcov -q -d $(CURDIR) -b $(patsubst src%,./,$(SRC_LINK)) --capture | \