diff --git a/e2e/run_test b/e2e/run_test
index 9409c9e281..244ce6ed85 100755
--- a/e2e/run_test
+++ b/e2e/run_test
@@ -7,7 +7,17 @@ ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"/.. && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/style.sh"
 
 TEST="$1"
-TEST_SCRIPT="$SCRIPT_DIR/$TEST"
+# Handle both relative and absolute paths
+if [[ $TEST == /* ]]; then
+	# If it's an absolute path, use it as is
+	TEST_SCRIPT="$TEST"
+elif [[ $TEST == e2e/* ]]; then
+	# If it starts with e2e/, treat it as relative to the project root
+	TEST_SCRIPT="$ROOT/$TEST"
+else
+	# Otherwise, treat it as relative to the e2e directory
+	TEST_SCRIPT="$SCRIPT_DIR/$TEST"
+fi
 
 setup_isolated_env() {
 	TEST_ISOLATED_DIR="$(mktemp --tmpdir --directory "$(basename "$TEST").XXXXXX")"
diff --git a/tasks.md b/tasks.md
index 90c739e1b6..34a61c4442 100644
--- a/tasks.md
+++ b/tasks.md
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ run all tests with coverage report
 - Depends: build
 
 - **Usage**: `test:e2e`
-- **Aliases**: `e`
+- **Aliases**: `e`, `e2e`
 
 run end-to-end tests
 
diff --git a/xtasks/test/e2e b/xtasks/test/e2e
index 23225c8624..c1dfb16c81 100755
--- a/xtasks/test/e2e
+++ b/xtasks/test/e2e
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #MISE depends=["build"]
-#MISE alias="e"
+#MISE alias=["e", "e2e"]
 #MISE description="run end-to-end tests"
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -9,14 +9,21 @@ export RUST_TEST_THREADS=1
 if [[ ${1:-all} == all ]]; then
 	./e2e/run_all_tests
 else
-	pushd e2e
-	FILES="$(fd -tf "$1" --and "^test_")"
-	popd
+	# Strip e2e/ prefix if present, then extract just the filename
+	PATTERN="${1#e2e/}"
+	FILENAME="$(basename "$PATTERN")"
+
+	pushd e2e >/dev/null
+	FILES="$(fd -tf "$FILENAME" --and "^test_")"
+	popd >/dev/null
+
 	if [[ -z $FILES ]]; then
-		echo "Not test matches $1" >&2
+		echo "No test matches $1" >&2
 		exit 1
 	fi
+
 	for FILE in $FILES; do
+		echo "[xtask:e2e] Running test: $FILE" >&2
 		./e2e/run_test "$FILE"
 	done
 fi