diff --git a/src/PendingCalls/TestCall.php b/src/PendingCalls/TestCall.php
index 09da3317..991082b6 100644
--- a/src/PendingCalls/TestCall.php
+++ b/src/PendingCalls/TestCall.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use Pest\Support\NullClosure;
 use Pest\Support\Str;
 use Pest\TestSuite;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\AssertionFailedError;
 
 /**
  * @internal
@@ -57,6 +58,14 @@ final class TestCall
         $this->testSuite->beforeEach->get($this->filename)[0]($this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Asserts that the test fails with the given message.
+     */
+    public function fails(?string $message = null): self
+    {
+        return $this->throws(AssertionFailedError::class, $message);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Asserts that the test throws the given `$exceptionClass` when called.
      */
diff --git a/tests/Features/Fail.php b/tests/Features/Fail.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f5c98aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Features/Fail.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\AssertionFailedError;
+
+it('may fail', function () {
+    $this->fail();
+})->throws(AssertionFailedError::class);
+
+it('may fail with the given message', function () {
+    $this->fail('this is a failure');
+})->throws(AssertionFailedError::class, 'this is a failure');
diff --git a/tests/Features/Fails.php b/tests/Features/Fails.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f7dcd16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Features/Fails.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\AssertionFailedError;
+
+it('may fail', function () {
+    $this->fail();
+})->fails();
+
+it('may fail with the given message', function () {
+    $this->fail('this is a failure');
+})->fails('this is a failure');