diff --git a/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md b/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
index f837ddbfe8..c9828aa10d 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
 });
 ```
 
+## property: TestConfig.recreateWorkerAfterFailure?
+* since: v1.51
+- type: <[boolean]>
+
 ## property: TestConfig.repeatEach
 * since: v1.10
 - type: ?<[int]>
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
index 8d213226ff..273a88723b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
   readonly plugins: TestRunnerPluginRegistration[];
   readonly projects: FullProjectInternal[] = [];
   readonly singleTSConfigPath?: string;
+  readonly recreateWorkerAfterFailure: boolean;
   cliArgs: string[] = [];
   cliGrep: string | undefined;
   cliGrepInvert: string | undefined;
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
     // so that plugins such as gitCommitInfoPlugin can populate metadata once.
     userConfig.metadata = userConfig.metadata || {};
 
+    this.recreateWorkerAfterFailure = userConfig.recreateWorkerAfterFailure ?? true;
+
     this.config = {
       configFile: resolvedConfigFile,
       rootDir: pathResolve(configDir, userConfig.testDir) || configDir,
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts b/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
index 126d3c8052..c95d8d43f2 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/worker/workerMain.ts
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ export class WorkerMain extends ProcessRunner {
     // After hooks get an additional timeout.
     const afterHooksTimeout = calculateMaxTimeout(this._project.project.timeout, testInfo.timeout);
     const afterHooksSlot = { timeout: afterHooksTimeout, elapsed: 0 };
+
+    const FAILURE_AND_RECREATE_WORKER = testInfo._isFailure() && this._config.recreateWorkerAfterFailure;
+
     await testInfo._runAsStep({ title: 'After Hooks', category: 'hook' }, async () => {
       let firstAfterHooksError: Error | undefined;
 
@@ -428,7 +431,7 @@ export class WorkerMain extends ProcessRunner {
       // In case of failure the worker will be stopped and we have to make sure that afterAll
       // hooks run before worker fixtures teardown.
       for (const suite of reversedSuites) {
-        if (!nextSuites.has(suite) || testInfo._isFailure()) {
+        if (!nextSuites.has(suite) || FAILURE_AND_RECREATE_WORKER) {
           try {
             await this._runAfterAllHooksForSuite(suite, testInfo);
           } catch (error) {
@@ -443,7 +446,7 @@ export class WorkerMain extends ProcessRunner {
 
     checkForFloatingPromises('afterAll/afterEach hooks');
 
-    if (testInfo._isFailure())
+    if (FAILURE_AND_RECREATE_WORKER)
       this._isStopped = true;
 
     if (this._isStopped) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
index bdb45169b6..46afd5f8c1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
@@ -1400,6 +1400,8 @@ interface TestConfig<TestArgs = {}, WorkerArgs = {}> {
    */
   quiet?: boolean;
 
+  recreateWorkerAfterFailure?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * The number of times to repeat each test, useful for debugging flaky tests.
    *