diff --git a/pitest-command-line/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/commandline/OptionsParser.java b/pitest-command-line/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/commandline/OptionsParser.java
index 1d275dcbb..1ce954289 100644
--- a/pitest-command-line/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/commandline/OptionsParser.java
+++ b/pitest-command-line/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/commandline/OptionsParser.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import static org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ConfigOption.EXCLUDED_CLASSES;
 import static org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ConfigOption.EXCLUDED_GROUPS;
 import static org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ConfigOption.EXCLUDED_METHOD;
+import static org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ConfigOption.EXCLUDED_RUNNERS;
 import static org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ConfigOption.EXCLUDED_TEST_CLASSES;
 import static org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ConfigOption.EXPORT_LINE_COVERAGE;
 import static org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ConfigOption.FAIL_WHEN_NOT_MUTATIONS;
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ public class OptionsParser {
   private final ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec<Boolean> failWhenNoMutations;
   private final ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec<Boolean> skipFailingTests;
   private final ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec<String>  codePaths;
+
+  private final OptionSpec<String>                   excludedRunnersSpec;
   private final OptionSpec<String>                   excludedGroupsSpec;
   private final OptionSpec<String>                   includedGroupsSpec;
   private final OptionSpec<String>                   includedTestMethodsSpec;
@@ -311,6 +314,10 @@ public OptionsParser(Predicate<String> dependencyFilter) {
         .describedAs(
             "Globs identifying classpath roots containing mutable code");
 
+    this.excludedRunnersSpec = parserAccepts(EXCLUDED_RUNNERS).withRequiredArg()
+            .ofType(String.class).withValuesSeparatedBy(',')
+            .describedAs("JUnit4 runners to exclude");
+
     this.includedGroupsSpec = parserAccepts(INCLUDED_GROUPS).withRequiredArg()
         .ofType(String.class).withValuesSeparatedBy(',')
         .describedAs("TestNG groups/JUnit categories to include");
@@ -474,6 +481,8 @@ private ParseResult parseCommandLine(final ReportOptions data,
 
     setTestGroups(userArgs, data);
 
+    data.setExcludedRunners(this.excludedRunnersSpec.values(userArgs));
+
     data.setIncludedTestMethods(this.includedTestMethodsSpec.values(userArgs));
     data.setJavaExecutable(this.javaExecutable.value(userArgs));
 
diff --git a/pitest-command-line/src/test/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/commandline/OptionsParserTest.java b/pitest-command-line/src/test/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/commandline/OptionsParserTest.java
index 216f0bb12..f3b9d533b 100644
--- a/pitest-command-line/src/test/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/commandline/OptionsParserTest.java
+++ b/pitest-command-line/src/test/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/commandline/OptionsParserTest.java
@@ -382,6 +382,13 @@ public void shouldParseCommaSeparatedListOfIncludedTestMethods() {
         .getIncludedTestMethods());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void shouldParseCommaSeparatedListOfExcludedTestRunners() {
+    final ReportOptions actual = parseAddingRequiredArgs("--excludedRunners",
+            "foo,bar");
+    assertThat(actual.getExcludedRunners()).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void shouldParseMutationUnitSize() {
     final ReportOptions actual = parseAddingRequiredArgs("--mutationUnitSize",
diff --git a/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/config/ConfigOption.java b/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/config/ConfigOption.java
index 4e8240430..682762c90 100644
--- a/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/config/ConfigOption.java
+++ b/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/config/ConfigOption.java
@@ -153,10 +153,15 @@ public enum ConfigOption {
    */
   INCLUDED_TEST_METHODS("includedTestMethods"),
   /**
-   * TestNG groupsJUnit categories to exclude
+   * TestNG groups / JUnit categories to exclude
    */
   EXCLUDED_GROUPS("excludedGroups"),
 
+  /**
+   * JUnit4 runners to exclude
+   */
+  EXCLUDED_RUNNERS("excludedRunners"),
+
   /**
    * Whether to compute a full mutation matrix.
    */