diff --git a/pkg/meta/lib/meta.dart b/pkg/meta/lib/meta.dart
index 3e8395e9920..ea23c35ec54 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/lib/meta.dart
+++ b/pkg/meta/lib/meta.dart
@@ -105,6 +105,22 @@ const _Factory factory = const _Factory();
 ///   class that has this annotation is not immutable.
 const Immutable immutable = const Immutable();
 
+/// Used to annotate a test framework function that runs a single test.
+///
+/// Tools, such as IDEs, can show invocations of such function in a file
+/// structure view to help the user navigating in large test files.
+///
+/// The first parameter of the function must be the description of the test.
+const _IsTest isTest = const _IsTest();
+
+/// Used to annotate a test framework function that runs a group of tests.
+///
+/// Tools, such as IDEs, can show invocations of such function in a file
+/// structure view to help the user navigating in large test files.
+///
+/// The first parameter of the function must be the description of the group.
+const _IsTestGroup isTestGroup = const _IsTestGroup();
+
 /// Used to annotate a const constructor `c`. Indicates that any invocation of
 /// the constructor must use the keyword `const` unless one or more of the
 /// arguments to the constructor is not a compile-time constant.
@@ -244,6 +260,14 @@ class _Factory {
   const _Factory();
 }
 
+class _IsTest {
+  const _IsTest();
+}
+
+class _IsTestGroup {
+  const _IsTestGroup();
+}
+
 class _Literal {
   const _Literal();
 }