diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56e5ecef..e10151cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Below environment variables are required to be passed to the podman container. S
 | `SECRET_KEY`           | Secret Key for `SERVER_ENDPOINT` credentials                                                                                                   | `zuf+tfteSlswRu7BJ86wekitnifILbZam1KYY3TG` |
 | `ENABLE_HTTPS`         | (Optional) Set `1` to indicate to use HTTPS to access `SERVER_ENDPOINT`. Defaults to `0` (HTTP)                                                | `1`                                        |
 | `MINT_MODE`            | (Optional) Set mode indicating what category of tests to be run by values `core`, `full`. Defaults to `core`                                   | `full`                                     |
+| `MINT_MC_VARIANT`      | (Optional) Select `mc` test variant by values `mc`, `ec`. Defaults to `mc`. (Using `ec` requires providing the `ec` repo in the container.)    | `ec`                                       |                               |
 | `DOMAIN`               | (Optional) Value of MINIO_DOMAIN environment variable used in Minio server                                                                     | `myminio.com`                              |
 | `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_STYLE` | (Optional) Set `1` to indicate virtual style access . Defaults to `0` (Path style)                                                             | `1`                                        |
 | `RUN_ON_FAIL`          | (Optional) Set `1` to indicate execute all tests independent of failures (currently implemented for minio-go and minio-java) . Defaults to `0` | `1`                                        |
diff --git a/build/mc/install.sh b/build/mc/install.sh
index dbc45498..a5194a5d 100755
--- a/build/mc/install.sh
+++ b/build/mc/install.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 #  limitations under the License.
 #
 
+if [ "${MINT_MC_VARIANT:-mc}" = "ec" ]; then
+	echo "MINT_MC_VARIANT=ec: skipping upstream mc install (expecting ec-provided repo/binary/tests)"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 MC_VERSION=$(curl --retry 10 -Ls -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective}" https://github.com/minio/mc/releases/latest | sed "s/https:\/\/github.com\/minio\/mc\/releases\/tag\///")
 if [ -z "$MC_VERSION" ]; then
 	echo "unable to get mc version from github"
diff --git a/run/core/mc/README.md b/run/core/mc/README.md
index 9a550e09..ede76655 100644
--- a/run/core/mc/README.md
+++ b/run/core/mc/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 This directory serves as the location for Mint tests using `mc`.  Top level `mint.sh` calls `run.sh` to execute tests.
 
 ## Adding new tests
-New tests is added into `test.sh` as new functions.
+Upstream `mc` tests live in `functional-tests.sh` (fetched from `minio/mc` during the Mint image build).
 
 ## Running tests manually
 - Set environment variables `MINT_DATA_DIR`, `MINT_MODE`, `SERVER_ENDPOINT`, `ACCESS_KEY`, `SECRET_KEY`, `SERVER_REGION` and `ENABLE_HTTPS`
@@ -17,3 +17,15 @@ export ENABLE_HTTPS=1
 export SERVER_REGION=us-east-1
 ./run.sh /tmp/output.log /tmp/error.log
 ```
+
+## Running `ec` (enterprise) mc variant
+If you want to run `mc` tests using the `ec` fork, set `MINT_MC_VARIANT=ec` and provide the `ec` repo inside the container.
+
+By default `run.sh` looks for:
+- `./ec/` (a checkout of the `ec` repository)
+
+It then runs an `ec`-provided runner script at `./ec/mint/run.sh` (relative to this directory).
+
+Override locations/behavior with:
+- `MINT_MC_EC_REPO_DIR` (path to the checked out `ec` repo; default `./ec`)
+- `MINT_MC_EC_RUNNER` (path to an executable runner script; default `./ec/mint/run.sh`)
diff --git a/run/core/mc/run.sh b/run/core/mc/run.sh
index 702db5b7..693887df 100755
--- a/run/core/mc/run.sh
+++ b/run/core/mc/run.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,28 @@ fi
 output_log_file="$1"
 error_log_file="$2"
 
-./functional-tests.sh 1>>"$output_log_file" 2>"$error_log_file"
+mc_variant="${MINT_MC_VARIANT:-mc}"
+
+case "$mc_variant" in
+ec)
+	ec_repo_dir="${MINT_MC_EC_REPO_DIR:-./ec}"
+	ec_runner="${MINT_MC_EC_RUNNER:-${ec_repo_dir}/mint/run.sh}"
+
+	if [ ! -f "$ec_runner" ]; then
+		echo "MINT_MC_VARIANT=ec but missing runner: $ec_runner" >&2
+		echo "mount the ec repo at ./ec (so ${ec_repo_dir}/mint/run.sh exists) or set MINT_MC_EC_RUNNER" >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	# Use exec for the ec tests
+	exec bash "$ec_runner" "$output_log_file" "$error_log_file"
+	;;
+mc)
+	# Run upstream mc tests
+	./functional-tests.sh 1>>"$output_log_file" 2>"$error_log_file"
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "unknown MINT_MC_VARIANT: $mc_variant (supported: mc, ec)" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac