diff --git a/src/Adapter/Phpunit/Process/PhpunitExecutableFinder.php b/src/Adapter/Phpunit/Process/PhpunitExecutableFinder.php
index f8681fe..fd92e4d 100644
--- a/src/Adapter/Phpunit/Process/PhpunitExecutableFinder.php
+++ b/src/Adapter/Phpunit/Process/PhpunitExecutableFinder.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 use Humbug\Process\AbstractExecutableFinder;
 use Humbug\Process\ComposerExecutableFinder;
 use Humbug\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use Humbug\Config;
+use Humbug\Config\JsonParser;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\ExecutableFinder;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpExecutableFinder;
@@ -20,6 +22,11 @@
 class PhpunitExecutableFinder extends AbstractExecutableFinder
 {
 
+    /**
+     * @var Config
+     */
+    private $config;
+
     /**
      * @return string
      */
@@ -65,14 +72,15 @@ private function findComposer()
      */
     private function findPhpunit()
     {
-        $probable = ['phpunit', 'phpunit.phar'];
+        $probable = $this->getExecutableNames();
+        $dir = $this->getPhpunitExecutablePath();
         $finder = new ExecutableFinder;
         foreach ($probable as $name) {
-            if ($path = $finder->find($name, null, [getcwd()])) {
+            if ($path = $finder->find($name, null, [$dir])) {
                 return $this->makeExecutable($path);
             }
         }
-        $result = $this->searchNonExecutables($probable, [getcwd()]);
+        $result = $this->searchNonExecutables($probable, [$dir]);
         if (!is_null($result)) {
             return $result;
         }
@@ -102,4 +110,43 @@ protected function makeExecutable($path)
             return sprintf('%s %s', $phpFinder->find(), $path);
         }
     }
+
+    private function setConfig()
+    {
+        $config = (new JsonParser())->parseFile();
+        $this->config = new Config($config);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Config
+     */
+    private function getConfig()
+    {
+        if (is_null($this->config)) {
+            $this->setConfig();
+        }
+        return $this->config;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function getExecutableNames()
+    {
+        if ($this->getConfig()->isPhpunitConfigured()) {
+            return [basename($this->getConfig()->getPhpunitConfig()->phar)];
+        }
+        return ['phpunit', 'phpunit.phar'];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getPhpunitExecutablePath()
+    {
+        if ($this->getConfig()->isPhpunitConfigured()) {
+            return dirname($this->getConfig()->getPhpunitConfig()->phar);
+        }
+        return getcwd();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Config.php b/src/Config.php
index 27f3258..2161752 100644
--- a/src/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config.php
@@ -41,6 +41,29 @@ public function getSource()
         return $this->config->source;
     }
 
+    public function getPhpunitConfig()
+    {
+        if (!isset($this->config->phpunit)) {
+            throw new JsonConfigException(
+                'Phpunit destination is not included in configuration file'
+            );
+        }
+        if (!isset($this->config->phpunit->phar)) {
+            throw new JsonConfigException(
+                'full path of phpunit executable is not included in configuration file'
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $this->config->phpunit;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isPhpunitConfigured() {
+        return isset($this->config->phpunit);
+    }
+
     public function getTimeout()
     {
         if (!isset($this->config->timeout)) {
diff --git a/tests/Adapter/Phpunit/Process/PhpunitExecutableFinderTest.php b/tests/Adapter/Phpunit/Process/PhpunitExecutableFinderTest.php
index db7c421..1a7b03d 100644
--- a/tests/Adapter/Phpunit/Process/PhpunitExecutableFinderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Adapter/Phpunit/Process/PhpunitExecutableFinderTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ public function testFinderCanLocatePhpunitExecutable()
     {
         $finder = new PhpunitExecutableFinder();
         $result = $finder->find();
-        $this->assertRegExp('%phpunit(\\.bat|\\.phar)?$%', $result);
+        $this->assertRegExp('%phpunit.*(\\.bat|\\.phar)?$%', $result);
     }
 }