Use --collect-onlyin combination with -m <marker>:
$ py.test --collect-only -m x
=========================== test session starts ===========================
platform linux -- Python 3.6.2, pytest-3.2.1, py-1.4.34, pluggy-0.4.0
rootdir: /home/they4kman/.virtualenvs/tmp-e1f1b42d6ff9bfa/src, inifile:
collected 3 items
<Module 'test_markers.py'>
<Function 'test_x'>
====================== no tests ran in 0.00 seconds =======================
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