diff --git a/scripts/suite.py b/scripts/suite.py
index 77561b7e0..af134f77b 100644
--- a/scripts/suite.py
+++ b/scripts/suite.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 usage: teuthology-suite --help
        teuthology-suite [-v | -vv ] --suite <suite> [options] [<config_yaml>...]
        teuthology-suite [-v | -vv ] --rerun <name>  [options] [<config_yaml>...]
+       teuthology-suite [-v | -vv ] --descr <descr> [options] [<config_yaml>...]
 
 Run a suite of ceph integration tests. A suite is a directory containing
 facets. A facet is a directory containing config snippets. Running a suite
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@
                               2/<outof> ... <outof>-1/<outof> will schedule all
                               jobs in the suite (many more than once). If specified,
                               this value can be found in results.log.
+  --descr <descr>             Use to rerun tests. Reschedule test based on their
+                              descriptions. The descr is comma separated list of test
+                              descriptions.
   -p <priority>, --priority <priority>
                               Job priority (lower is sooner)
                               [default: 1000]
diff --git a/teuthology/suite/run.py b/teuthology/suite/run.py
index a37887811..035aeda70 100644
--- a/teuthology/suite/run.py
+++ b/teuthology/suite/run.py
@@ -27,6 +27,33 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+def descr_to_yamls(descriptions, suites_path):
+    def expand_descr(test_yamls, source, prefix, base_pos):
+        pos = base_pos
+        while (pos < len(source)):
+            if source[pos] == '{':
+                more_prefix=source[base_pos:pos]
+                pos = expand_descr(test_yamls, source, prefix + more_prefix, pos + 1)
+                base_pos = pos
+            elif source[pos] == '}':
+                if base_pos != pos:
+                    test_yamls.append(suites_path + "/" + prefix + source[base_pos:pos] + ".yaml")
+                return pos + 1
+            elif source[pos] == ' ':
+                if base_pos != pos:
+                    test_yamls.append(suites_path + "/" + prefix + source[base_pos:pos] + ".yaml")
+                pos = pos + 1
+                base_pos = pos
+            else:
+                pos = pos + 1
+    result = []
+    desc_tab = descriptions.split(',')
+    for d in desc_tab:
+        d = d.strip()
+        test_yamls = []
+        expand_descr(test_yamls, d, "", 0)
+        result.append((d, test_yamls))
+    return result
 
 class Run(object):
     WAIT_MAX_JOB_TIME = 30 * 60
@@ -70,7 +97,7 @@ def make_run_name(self):
             [
                 self.user,
                 str(self.timestamp),
-                self.args.suite,
+                self.args.suite or "rerun",
                 self.args.ceph_branch,
                 self.args.kernel_branch or '-',
                 self.args.flavor, worker
@@ -357,8 +384,14 @@ def build_base_config(self):
         job_config.timestamp = self.timestamp
         job_config.priority = self.args.priority
         job_config.seed = self.args.seed
+        if self.args.subset and self.args.descr:
+            util.schedule_fail("--subset is not compatible with --descr")
+        if self.args.suite and self.args.descr:
+            util.schedule_fail("--suite is not compatible with --descr")
         if self.args.subset:
             job_config.subset = '/'.join(str(i) for i in self.args.subset)
+        if self.args.descr:
+            job_config.suite = "rerun"
         if self.args.email:
             job_config.email = self.args.email
         if self.args.owner:
@@ -575,16 +608,23 @@ def schedule_suite(self):
         else:
             arch = util.get_arch(self.base_config.machine_type)
         suite_name = self.base_config.suite
-        suite_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
+        suites_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
             self.suite_repo_path,
             self.args.suite_relpath,
-            'suites',
-            self.base_config.suite.replace(':', '/'),
+            'suites'
         ))
+        suite_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
+            suites_path,
+            suite_name.replace(':', '/'),
+        ))
+        log.debug('Suites in %s' % (suites_path))
         log.debug('Suite %s in %s' % (suite_name, suite_path))
         log.debug(f"subset = {self.args.subset}")
         log.debug(f"no_nested_subset = {self.args.no_nested_subset}")
-        configs = build_matrix(suite_path,
+        if self.args.descr:
+            configs = descr_to_yamls(self.args.descr, suites_path)
+        else:
+            configs = build_matrix(suite_path,
                                subset=self.args.subset,
                                no_nested_subset=self.args.no_nested_subset,
                                seed=self.args.seed)
@@ -596,7 +636,7 @@ def schedule_suite(self):
             filter_all=self.args.filter_all,
             filter_fragments=self.args.filter_fragments,
             seed=self.args.seed,
-            suite_name=suite_name))
+            suite_name=self.base_config.suite))
 
         if self.args.dry_run:
             log.debug("Base job config:\n%s" % self.base_config)