diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/PhpUnit.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/PhpUnit.php
index 34817f11..910743d5 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/PhpUnit.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/PhpUnit.php
@@ -8,20 +8,69 @@ class PhpUnit implements \PHPCI\Plugin
 	protected $args;
 	protected $phpci;
 
+/**
+ * @var string $xmlConfigFile The path of an xml config for PHPUnit
+ */
+	protected $xmlConfigFile;
+
 	public function __construct(\PHPCI\Builder $phpci, array $options = array())
 	{
 		$this->phpci		= $phpci;
-		$this->directory	= isset($options['directory']) ? $options['directory'] : $phpci->buildPath;
+		$this->directory	= isset($options['directory']) ? $options['directory'] : null;
+		$this->xmlConfigFile = isset($options['config']) ? $options['config'] : null;
 		$this->args			= isset($options['args']) ? $options['args'] : '';
 	}
 
 	public function execute()
 	{
-		$curdir = getcwd();
-		chdir($this->phpci->buildPath);
-		$success = $this->phpci->executeCommand(PHPCI_BIN_DIR . 'phpunit ' . $this->args . ' ' . $this->phpci->buildPath . $this->directory);
-		chdir($curdir);
+		$success = true;
+
+		// Run any config files first. This can be either a single value or an array.
+		if ($this->xmlConfigFile !== null)
+		{
+			$success &= $this->runConfigFile($this->xmlConfigFile);
+		}
+
+		// Run any dirs next. Again this can be either a single value or an array.
+		if ($this->directory !== null)
+		{
+			$success &= $this->runDir($this->directory);
+		}
 		
 		return $success;
 	}
+
+	protected function runConfigFile($configPath)
+	{
+		if (is_array($configPath))
+		{
+			return $this->recurseArg($configPath, array($this, "runConfigFile"));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return  $this->phpci->executeCommand(PHPCI_BIN_DIR . 'phpunit ' . $this->args . ' -c ' . $this->phpci->buildPath . $configPath);
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected function runDir($dirPath)
+	{
+		if (is_array($dirPath)) {
+			return $this->recurseArg($dirPath, array($this, "runConfigFile"));
+		}
+		else {
+			$curdir = getcwd();
+			chdir($this->phpci->buildPath);
+			$success = $this->phpci->executeCommand(PHPCI_BIN_DIR . 'phpunit ' . $this->args . ' ' . $this->phpci->buildPath . $dirPath);
+			chdir($curdir);
+			return $success;
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected function recurseArg($array, $callable) {
+		$success = true;
+		foreach($array as $subItem) {
+			$success &= call_user_func($callable, $subItem);
+		}
+		return $success;
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7006ef2a..b4b4ef35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ Similar to Travis CI, to support PHPCI in your project, you simply need to add a
     
     test:
     	php_unit:
-    		directory: "tests/"
+			config:
+				- "PHPUnit-all.xml"
+				- "PHPUnit-ubuntu-fix.xml"
+			directory:
+				- "tests/"
     	php_mess_detector:
     		allow_failures: true
     	php_code_sniffer: