diff --git a/eclass/crystal-utils.eclass b/eclass/crystal-utils.eclass
index 3c0b7d48aa..8456c5af64 100644
--- a/eclass/crystal-utils.eclass
+++ b/eclass/crystal-utils.eclass
@@ -164,4 +164,12 @@ crystal_build() {
 	ecrystal build "${build_args[@]}" "${@}"
 }
 
+# @FUNCTION: crystal_spec
+# @USAGE: [<args>...]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Function for running tests.  All arguments are passed to crystal.
+crystal_spec() {
+	ecrystal spec --verbose "${@}" || die -n "Tests failed"
+}
+
 fi
diff --git a/eclass/shards.eclass b/eclass/shards.eclass
index 122464cc51..5fd9f6c100 100644
--- a/eclass/shards.eclass
+++ b/eclass/shards.eclass
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ shards_src_test() {
 	debug-print-function ${FUNCNAME} "${@}"
 
 	if [[ -d "spec" ]]; then
-		ecrystal spec --verbose "${@}" || die "Tests failed"
+		crystal_spec "${@}"
 	fi
 
 	return 0