diff --git a/lib/parallel_tests/cli.rb b/lib/parallel_tests/cli.rb
index 7b7bf72e..0abb3342 100644
--- a/lib/parallel_tests/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/parallel_tests/cli.rb
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ def parse_options!(argv)
 
       files, remaining = extract_file_paths(argv)
       unless options[:execute]
+        files = extract_files_from_cucumber_profile(options) if files.empty?
         abort "Pass files or folders to run" unless files.any?
         options[:files] = files
       end
@@ -228,6 +229,17 @@ def parse_options!(argv)
       options
     end
 
+    def extract_files_from_cucumber_profile(options)
+      return unless @runner.name == 'cucumber'
+      profile = nil
+      if options.key?(:test_options)
+        OptionParser.new do |opts|
+          opts.on("-p", "--profile [PROFILE]") { |option| profile = option }
+        end.parse!(options[:test_options].split(' '))
+      end
+      @runner.files_from_profile(profile) if profile
+    end
+
     def extract_file_paths(argv)
       dash_index = argv.rindex("--")
       file_args_at = (dash_index || -1) + 1
diff --git a/lib/parallel_tests/cucumber/runner.rb b/lib/parallel_tests/cucumber/runner.rb
index a8466754..30d857bd 100644
--- a/lib/parallel_tests/cucumber/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/parallel_tests/cucumber/runner.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "parallel_tests/gherkin/runner"
+require 'cucumber'
 
 module ParallelTests
   module Cucumber
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ def summarize_results(results)
           output.join("\n\n")
         end
 
+
+        def files_from_profile(name)
+          ::Cucumber::Cli::ProfileLoader.new.args_from(name).grep(self.test_suffix)
+        end
+
         def command_with_seed(cmd, seed)
           clean = cmd.sub(/\s--order\s+random(:\d+)?\b/, '')
           "#{clean} --order random:#{seed}"