diff --git a/Rakefile.rb b/Rakefile.rb
index 2b47783..9c69011 100644
--- a/Rakefile.rb
+++ b/Rakefile.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CLOBBER.include %w[pkg]
 
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec, :example_string) do |task, args|
   if args.example_string
+    ENV["partial_specs"] = "1"
     task.rspec_opts = %W[-e "#{args.example_string}" -f documentation]
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/build_tests_spec.rb b/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
index db468ee..dee85de 100644
--- a/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ describe Rscons do
     command = %W[ruby -I. -r _simplecov_setup #{@owd}/bin/rscons] + rsconsfile_args + rscons_args
     @statics[:build_test_id] ||= 0
     @statics[:build_test_id] += 1
-    command_name = "b#{@statics[:build_test_id]}"
+    command_prefix =
+      if ENV["partial_specs"]
+        "p"
+      else
+        "b"
+      end
+    command_name = "#{command_prefix}#{@statics[:build_test_id]}"
     File.open("_simplecov_setup.rb", "w") do |fh|
       fh.puts <<EOF
 require "simplecov"
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index a6ab484..942a4c7 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ require "simplecov"
 
 SimpleCov.start do
   add_filter "/spec/"
+  if ENV["partial_specs"]
+    command_name "RSpec-partial"
+  else
+    command_name "RSpec"
+  end
   project_name "Rscons"
   merge_timeout 3600
 end