diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
index 87f121e90b0f..d3715aef2e4d 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class BaseTest(TypedDict):
 
     """Shared base for the Rust module."""
 
-    args: T.List[T.Union[str, File, build.Target, ExternalProgram]]
     should_fail: bool
     timeout: int
     workdir: T.Optional[str]
@@ -48,10 +47,13 @@ class BaseTest(TypedDict):
     suite: T.List[str]
 
 
+TestArgs = T.Union[str, File, build.Target, ExternalProgram]
+
 class FuncBenchmark(BaseTest):
 
     """Keyword Arguments shared between `test` and `benchmark`."""
 
+    args: T.List[TestArgs]
     protocol: Literal['exitcode', 'tap', 'gtest', 'rust']
 
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/type_checking.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/type_checking.py
index ed34be950065..7519945cfbd8 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/type_checking.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/type_checking.py
@@ -484,9 +484,7 @@ def link_whole_validator(values: T.List[T.Union[StaticLibrary, CustomTarget, Cus
 
 PRESERVE_PATH_KW: KwargInfo[bool] = KwargInfo('preserve_path', bool, default=False, since='0.63.0')
 
-TEST_KWS: T.List[KwargInfo] = [
-    KwargInfo('args', ContainerTypeInfo(list, (str, File, BuildTarget, CustomTarget, CustomTargetIndex, ExternalProgram)),
-              listify=True, default=[]),
+TEST_KWS_NO_ARGS: T.List[KwargInfo] = [
     KwargInfo('should_fail', bool, default=False),
     KwargInfo('timeout', int, default=30),
     KwargInfo('workdir', (str, NoneType), default=None,
@@ -503,6 +501,11 @@ def link_whole_validator(values: T.List[T.Union[StaticLibrary, CustomTarget, Cus
     KwargInfo('verbose', bool, default=False, since='0.62.0'),
 ]
 
+TEST_KWS: T.List[KwargInfo] = TEST_KWS_NO_ARGS + [
+    KwargInfo('args', ContainerTypeInfo(list, (str, File, BuildTarget, CustomTarget, CustomTargetIndex, ExternalProgram)),
+              listify=True, default=[]),
+]
+
 # Cannot have a default value because we need to check that rust_crate_type and
 # rust_abi are mutually exclusive.
 RUST_CRATE_TYPE_KW: KwargInfo[T.Union[str, None]] = KwargInfo(
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py b/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
index ceba6470632a..3130b3214066 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
 
     from typing_extensions import TypedDict, Literal
 
-    class FuncTest(_kwargs.BaseTest):
+    class FuncTest(TypedDict, _kwargs.BaseTest):
 
+        args: T.List[_kwargs.TestArgs]
         dependencies: T.List[T.Union[Dependency, ExternalLibrary]]
         is_parallel: bool
         link_with: T.List[LibTypes]