diff --git a/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/BUILD b/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/BUILD
index d9f5f1d63..b3291480f 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/BUILD
+++ b/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/BUILD
@@ -26,3 +26,21 @@ swift_test(
     name = "EmptyUnitTests",
     tags = FIXTURE_TAGS,
 )
+
+swift_test(
+    name = "FailingSwiftTestingTests",
+    srcs = ["FailingSwiftTestingTests.swift"],
+    tags = FIXTURE_TAGS,
+)
+
+swift_test(
+    name = "EmptySwiftTestingSuite",
+    srcs = ["EmptySwiftTestingSuite.swift"],
+    tags = FIXTURE_TAGS,
+)
+
+swift_test(
+    name = "PassingSwiftTestingTests",
+    srcs = ["PassingSwiftTestingTests.swift"],
+    tags = FIXTURE_TAGS,
+)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/EmptySwiftTestingSuite.swift b/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/EmptySwiftTestingSuite.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adcda7768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/EmptySwiftTestingSuite.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import Testing
+
+@Suite("Empty test suite")
+class EmptyTestSuite {
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/FailingSwiftTestingTests.swift b/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/FailingSwiftTestingTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4bf3f7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/FailingSwiftTestingTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import Testing
+
+@Test("A failing test")
+func aFalingTest(){
+  #expect(false, "This assertion will always fail")
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/PassingSwiftTestingTests.swift b/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/PassingSwiftTestingTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cca7e61a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/xctest_runner/PassingSwiftTestingTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import Testing
+
+@Test("A passing test")
+func aPassingTest(){
+  #expect(true, "This assertion should pass")
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/swift_shell_runner.sh.template b/test/rules/swift_shell_runner.sh.template
index 37d90dc6d..da997d18f 100755
--- a/test/rules/swift_shell_runner.sh.template
+++ b/test/rules/swift_shell_runner.sh.template
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 executable="%executable%"
 expected_return_code="%expected_return_code%"
 expected_logs=%expected_logs%
-not_expected_logs=%expected_logs%
+not_expected_logs=%not_expected_logs%
 
 # execute the target under test while recording its outputs and return code
 tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
diff --git a/test/xctest_runner_tests.bzl b/test/xctest_runner_tests.bzl
index 93156d4a4..a6cb2520b 100644
--- a/test/xctest_runner_tests.bzl
+++ b/test/xctest_runner_tests.bzl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def xctest_runner_test_suite(name, tags = []):
             "Test Suite 'PassingUnitTests.xctest' passed",
             "Executed 3 tests, with 0 failures",
         ],
+        not_expected_logs = ["error: no tests were executed, is the test bundle empty"],
         tags = all_tags,
         target_under_test = "@build_bazel_rules_swift//test/fixtures/xctest_runner:PassingUnitTests",
         target_compatible_with = ["@platforms//os:macos"],
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ def xctest_runner_test_suite(name, tags = []):
             "Test Suite 'FailingUnitTests.xctest' failed",
             "Executed 1 test, with 1 failure",
         ],
+        not_expected_logs = ["error: no tests were executed, is the test bundle empty"],
         tags = all_tags,
         target_under_test = "@build_bazel_rules_swift//test/fixtures/xctest_runner:FailingUnitTests",
         target_compatible_with = ["@platforms//os:macos"],
@@ -52,6 +54,40 @@ def xctest_runner_test_suite(name, tags = []):
         target_compatible_with = ["@platforms//os:macos"],
     )
 
+    swift_shell_test(
+        name = "{}_swift_testing_no_tests".format(name),
+        expected_return_code = 1,
+        expected_logs = [
+            "Test run with 0 tests passed after",
+            "error: no tests were executed",
+        ],
+        tags = all_tags,
+        target_under_test = "@build_bazel_rules_swift//test/fixtures/xctest_runner:EmptySwiftTestingSuite",
+        target_compatible_with = ["@platforms//os:macos"],
+    )
+
+    swift_shell_test(
+        name = "{}_swift_testing_pass".format(name),
+        expected_return_code = 0,
+        expected_logs = [
+            "Test run with 1 test passed after",
+        ],
+        not_expected_logs = ["error: no tests were executed, is the test bundle empty"],
+        tags = all_tags,
+        target_under_test = "@build_bazel_rules_swift//test/fixtures/xctest_runner:PassingSwiftTestingTests",
+    )
+
+    swift_shell_test(
+        name = "{}_swift_testing_fail".format(name),
+        expected_return_code = 1,
+        expected_logs = [
+            "Test run with 1 test failed after",
+        ],
+        not_expected_logs = ["error: no tests were executed, is the test bundle empty"],
+        tags = all_tags,
+        target_under_test = "@build_bazel_rules_swift//test/fixtures/xctest_runner:FailingSwiftTestingTests",
+    )
+
     native.test_suite(
         name = name,
         tags = all_tags,
diff --git a/tools/xctest_runner/xctest_runner.sh.template b/tools/xctest_runner/xctest_runner.sh.template
index 746c2d0f6..a7429c731 100644
--- a/tools/xctest_runner/xctest_runner.sh.template
+++ b/tools/xctest_runner/xctest_runner.sh.template
@@ -66,9 +66,21 @@ if [[ "$exit_status" -ne 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Fail when bundle executes nothing
-test_target_execution_count=$(grep -e "Executed [[:digit:]]\{1,\} tests*," "$testlog" | tail -n1)
-if echo "$test_target_execution_count" | grep -q -e "Executed 0 tests, with 0 failures"; then
-  echo "error: no tests were executed, is the test bundle empty?" >&2
+xctest_target_execution_count=$(grep -e "Executed [[:digit:]]\{1,\} tests*," "$testlog" | tail -n1)
+swift_testing_target_execution_count=$(grep -e "Test run with [[:digit:]]\{1,\} tests*" "$testlog" | tail -n1 || true)
+error_msg="error: no tests were executed, is the test bundle empty?"
+echo "xctest_target_execution_count: $xctest_target_execution_count"
+echo "swift_testing_target_execution_count: $swift_testing_target_execution_count"
+
+if echo "$xctest_target_execution_count" | grep -q -e "Executed 0 tests, with 0 failures" && \
+   [ -z "$swift_testing_target_execution_count" ] ; then
+  echo "$error_msg" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if echo "$xctest_target_execution_count" | grep -q -e "Executed 0 tests, with 0 failures" && \
+   echo "$swift_testing_target_execution_count" | grep -q -e "Test run with 0 tests" ; then
+  echo "$error_msg" >&2
   exit 1
 fi