diff --git a/build_manifest.yml b/build_manifest.yml
index 0824765b52b6..b26e4e84d968 100644
--- a/build_manifest.yml
+++ b/build_manifest.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ noir-projects:
     - noir
     - avm-transpiler
 
+# Compiles all aztec noir projects using nargo and the avm-transpiler, then tests them using the TXE.
+noir-projects-tests:
+  buildDir: noir-projects
+  dockerfile: Dockerfile.test
+  dependencies:
+    - noir
+    - avm-transpiler
+    - yarn-project
+
 # Uses nargo to compile all the noir test programs, used to test bb and bb.js.
 noir-compile-acir-tests:
   buildDir: noir/noir-repo/test_programs
diff --git a/noir-projects/Dockerfile b/noir-projects/Dockerfile
index b8abf566f844..dc2ecf463622 100644
--- a/noir-projects/Dockerfile
+++ b/noir-projects/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 FROM aztecprotocol/noir as noir
 FROM aztecprotocol/avm-transpiler as transpiler
-FROM aztecprotocol/yarn-project AS yarn-project
 
 FROM ubuntu:lunar AS builder
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y parallel nodejs npm 
@@ -14,25 +13,13 @@ ENV PATH="/usr/src/avm-transpiler/target/release:${PATH}"
 # Copy in noir projects
 WORKDIR /usr/src/noir-projects
 COPY . .
-
-
 # Build
-WORKDIR /usr/src/noir-projects
-RUN cd noir-protocol-circuits && ./bootstrap.sh && nargo test --silence-warnings
-
-RUN cd /usr/src/yarn-project/txe && yarn start & echo $! > /tmp/txe.pid && \ 
-    # Wait for TXE to initialize
-    sleep 5 && \ 
-    cd /usr/src/noir-projects/noir-contracts && \
-    ./bootstrap.sh && nargo test --silence-warnings --oracle-resolver http://localhost:8080 ; \
-    kill $(cat /tmp/txe.pid)
-
-RUN cd /usr/src/yarn-project/txe && yarn start & echo $! > /tmp/txe.pid && \ 
-    # Wait for TXE to initialize
-    sleep 5 && \ 
-    cd /usr/src/noir-projects/aztec-nr && \
-    nargo test --silence-warnings --oracle-resolver http://localhost:8080
-
+WORKDIR /usr/src/noir-projects/noir-contracts
+RUN ./bootstrap.sh
+WORKDIR /usr/src/noir-projects/noir-protocol-circuits
+RUN ./bootstrap.sh
+WORKDIR /usr/src/noir-projects/aztec-nr
+RUN nargo compile --silence-warnings
 
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/noir-projects /usr/src/noir-projects
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diff --git a/noir-projects/Dockerfile.test b/noir-projects/Dockerfile.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40edcbaaf35e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noir-projects/Dockerfile.test
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+FROM aztecprotocol/noir as noir
+FROM aztecprotocol/avm-transpiler as transpiler
+FROM aztecprotocol/yarn-project as yarn-project
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y parallel
+
+# Copy in nargo
+COPY --from=noir /usr/src/noir/noir-repo/target/release/nargo /usr/src/noir/noir-repo/target/release/nargo
+ENV PATH="/usr/src/noir/noir-repo/target/release:${PATH}"
+# Copy in transpiler
+COPY --from=transpiler /usr/src/avm-transpiler/target/release/avm-transpiler /usr/src/avm-transpiler/target/release/avm-transpiler
+ENV PATH="/usr/src/avm-transpiler/target/release:${PATH}"
+
+# All built files are ignored so we have to repeat the txe build here.
+# It is fast (compared to the tests) and we're moving to earthly, so we don't bother with something more sophisticated.
+WORKDIR /usr/src/yarn-project
+RUN yarn workspaces focus @aztec/txe
+RUN cd ./txe && yarn build
+
+# Copy in noir projects
+WORKDIR /usr/src/noir-projects
+COPY . .
+
+# Build & test
+RUN cd ./noir-protocol-circuits && ./bootstrap.sh && nargo test --silence-warnings
+
+RUN cd /usr/src/yarn-project/txe && yarn start & echo $! > /tmp/txe.pid && \ 
+    # Wait for TXE to initialize
+    sleep 5 && \ 
+    cd ./noir-contracts && \
+    ./bootstrap.sh && nargo test --silence-warnings --oracle-resolver http://localhost:8080 ; \
+    kill $(cat /tmp/txe.pid)
+
+RUN cd /usr/src/yarn-project/txe && yarn start & echo $! > /tmp/txe.pid && \ 
+    # Wait for TXE to initialize
+    sleep 5 && \ 
+    cd ./aztec-nr && \
+    nargo test --silence-warnings --oracle-resolver http://localhost:8080
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