diff --git a/src/Framework/TestCase.php b/src/Framework/TestCase.php
index d9932648201..10e3dca73a2 100644
--- a/src/Framework/TestCase.php
+++ b/src/Framework/TestCase.php
@@ -670,6 +670,8 @@ public function run(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult $result = null)
             $includePath        = "'." . $includePath . ".'";
             $codeCoverageFilter = "'." . $codeCoverageFilter . ".'";
 
+            $configurationFilePath = (isset($GLOBALS['__PHPUNIT_CONFIGURATION_FILE']) ? $GLOBALS['__PHPUNIT_CONFIGURATION_FILE'] : '');
+
             $template->setVar(
                 array(
                     'composerAutoload'                        => $composerAutoload,
@@ -690,7 +692,8 @@ public function run(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult $result = null)
                     'isStrictAboutOutputDuringTests'          => $isStrictAboutOutputDuringTests,
                     'isStrictAboutTestSize'                   => $isStrictAboutTestSize,
                     'isStrictAboutTodoAnnotatedTests'         => $isStrictAboutTodoAnnotatedTests,
-                    'codeCoverageFilter'                      => $codeCoverageFilter
+                    'codeCoverageFilter'                      => $codeCoverageFilter,
+                    'configurationFilePath'                   => $configurationFilePath
                 )
             );
 
diff --git a/src/TextUI/TestRunner.php b/src/TextUI/TestRunner.php
index 66df075847e..94909d98366 100644
--- a/src/TextUI/TestRunner.php
+++ b/src/TextUI/TestRunner.php
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ private function processSuiteFilters(PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite, array $
      */
     public function doRun(PHPUnit_Framework_Test $suite, array $arguments = array())
     {
+        if (isset($arguments['configuration'])) {
+            $GLOBALS['__PHPUNIT_CONFIGURATION_FILE'] = $arguments['configuration'];
+        }
+
         $this->handleConfiguration($arguments);
 
         $this->processSuiteFilters($suite, $arguments);
diff --git a/src/Util/PHP/Template/TestCaseMethod.tpl.dist b/src/Util/PHP/Template/TestCaseMethod.tpl.dist
index ed90c9c24f8..e595099439a 100644
--- a/src/Util/PHP/Template/TestCaseMethod.tpl.dist
+++ b/src/Util/PHP/Template/TestCaseMethod.tpl.dist
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ function __phpunit_run_isolated_test()
     );
 }
 
+$configurationFilePath = '{configurationFilePath}';
+
+if ('' !== $configurationFilePath) {
+    $configuration = PHPUnit_Util_Configuration::getInstance($configurationFilePath);
+    $configuration->handlePHPConfiguration();
+}
+
 {constants}
 {included_files}
 {globals}