diff --git a/scripts/oe-selftest b/scripts/oe-selftest
index 4c92f6da62..9444244e02 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-selftest
+++ b/scripts/oe-selftest
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ def get_args_parser():
     description = "Script that runs unit tests agains bitbake and other Yocto related tools. The goal is to validate tools functionality and metadata integrity. Refer to https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Oe-selftest for more information."
     parser = argparse_oe.ArgumentParser(description=description)
     group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
-    group.add_argument('--run-tests', required=False, action='store', nargs='*', dest="run_tests", default=None, help='Select what tests to run (modules, classes or test methods). Format should be: <module>.<class>.<test_method>')
-    group.add_argument('--run-all-tests', required=False, action="store_true", dest="run_all_tests", default=False, help='Run all (unhidden) tests')
-    group.add_argument('--list-modules', required=False, action="store_true", dest="list_modules", default=False, help='List all available test modules.')
+    group.add_argument('-r', '--run-tests', required=False, action='store', nargs='*', dest="run_tests", default=None, help='Select what tests to run (modules, classes or test methods). Format should be: <module>.<class>.<test_method>')
+    group.add_argument('-a', '--run-all-tests', required=False, action="store_true", dest="run_all_tests", default=False, help='Run all (unhidden) tests')
+    group.add_argument('-m', '--list-modules', required=False, action="store_true", dest="list_modules", default=False, help='List all available test modules.')
     group.add_argument('--list-classes', required=False, action="store_true", dest="list_allclasses", default=False, help='List all available test classes.')
     parser.add_argument('--coverage', action="store_true", help="Run code coverage when testing")
     parser.add_argument('--coverage-source', dest="coverage_source", nargs="+", help="Specifiy the directories to take coverage from")
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def get_args_parser():
                        help='run-tests-by <name|class|module|id|tag> <list of tests|classes|modules|ids|tags>')
     group.add_argument('--list-tests-by', required=False, dest='list_tests_by', default=False, nargs='*',
                        help='list-tests-by <name|class|module|id|tag> <list of tests|classes|modules|ids|tags>')
-    group.add_argument('--list-tests', required=False,  action="store_true", dest="list_tests", default=False,
+    group.add_argument('-l', '--list-tests', required=False,  action="store_true", dest="list_tests", default=False,
                        help='List all available tests.')
     group.add_argument('--list-tags', required=False, dest='list_tags', default=False, action="store_true",
                        help='List all tags that have been set to test cases.')