diff --git a/src/NUnitTestAdapter/Execution.cs b/src/NUnitTestAdapter/Execution.cs
index a2d2d396..287e13fa 100644
--- a/src/NUnitTestAdapter/Execution.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitTestAdapter/Execution.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ protected TestFilter CheckFilter(TestFilter testFilter, IDiscoveryConverter disc
             }
             return testFilter;
         }
+        if (testFilter.IsPartitionFilter())
+        {
+            return testFilter;
+        }
         var filterBuilder = CreateTestFilterBuilder();
         return filterBuilder.FilterByList(discovery.LoadedTestCases);
     }
diff --git a/src/NUnitTestAdapter/NUnitEngine/Extensions.cs b/src/NUnitTestAdapter/NUnitEngine/Extensions.cs
index 8ad94dda..e4e48eb2 100644
--- a/src/NUnitTestAdapter/NUnitEngine/Extensions.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitTestAdapter/NUnitEngine/Extensions.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ public static bool AllWithEmptyFalse<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list, Func<T, bool>
     public static bool IsCategoryFilter(this TestFilter filter) =>
         filter != TestFilter.Empty && filter.Text.Contains("<cat>");
 
+    public static bool IsPartitionFilter(this TestFilter filter) =>
+        filter != TestFilter.Empty && filter.Text.Contains("<partition>");
+
     public static bool IsNegativeCategoryFilter(this TestFilter filter) =>
         filter.IsCategoryFilter() && filter.Text.Contains("<not><cat>");
 }
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