diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 98dcb3be960b1..9fdda1467cf73 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -909,8 +909,16 @@ def clear_lru_cache():
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def refuse_to_run_test_from_wrongly_named_files(request):
+    dirname: str = request.node.fspath.dirname
     filename: str = request.node.fspath.basename
-    if not request.node.fspath.basename.startswith("test_"):
+    is_system_test: bool = "tests/system/" in dirname
+    if is_system_test and not request.node.fspath.basename.startswith("example_"):
+        raise Exception(
+            f"All test method files in tests/system must start with 'example_'. Seems that {filename} "
+            f"contains {request.function} that looks like a test case. Please rename the file to "
+            f"follow the example_* pattern if you want to run the tests in it."
+        )
+    if not is_system_test and not request.node.fspath.basename.startswith("test_"):
         raise Exception(
             f"All test method files in tests/ must start with 'test_'. Seems that {filename} "
             f"contains {request.function} that looks like a test case. Please rename the file to "