diff --git a/changes/cli.py b/changes/cli.py
index 09c0fd1..7c87f47 100644
--- a/changes/cli.py
+++ b/changes/cli.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
                              increment options above, this option stops
                              `changes` from confirming the new version number.
   --module-name=<module>     If your module and package aren't the same
+  --requirements=<req>       Requirements file name (default: requirements.txt)
   --debug                    Debug output.
 
 The commands do the following:
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@
 import changes
 from changes import config, probe, util, version
 from changes.changelog import changelog
-from changes.config import arguments
 from changes.packaging import install, upload, pypi
 from changes.vcs import tag, commit_version_change
 from changes.verification import run_tests
diff --git a/changes/probe.py b/changes/probe.py
index 0783700..6faa7f3 100644
--- a/changes/probe.py
+++ b/changes/probe.py
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 
 import sh
 
-from changes import attributes
+from changes import attributes, config
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+REQUIREMENTS = 'requirements.txt'
+
 
 def has_requirement(dependency, requirements_contents):
     return any(
@@ -29,9 +31,18 @@ def probe_project(module_name):
     log.info('setup.py? %s', setup)
 
     # `requirements.txt`
-    has_requirements = exists('requirements.txt')
-    log.info('requirements.txt? %s', setup)
-    requirements_contents = open('requirements.txt').readlines()
+    requirements = config.arguments.get('--requirements') or REQUIREMENTS
+    has_requirements = exists(requirements)
+    log.info('%s? %s', requirements, has_requirements)
+    if has_requirements:
+        requirements_contents = open(requirements).readlines()
+
+        # supports executing tests with `nosetests` or `tox`
+        runs_tests = (
+            has_requirement('nose', requirements_contents) or
+            has_requirement('tox', requirements_contents)
+        )
+        log.info('Runs tests? %s' % runs_tests)
 
     # `CHANGELOG.md`
     has_changelog = exists('CHANGELOG.md')
@@ -46,12 +57,5 @@ def probe_project(module_name):
     )
     log.info('Has module metadata? %s', has_metadata)
 
-    # supports executing tests with `nosetests` or `tox`
-    runs_tests = (
-        has_requirement('nose', requirements_contents) or
-        has_requirement('tox', requirements_contents)
-    )
-    log.info('Runs tests? %s' % runs_tests)
-
     return (on_github and setup and has_changelog and has_metadata and
             has_requirements and runs_tests)
diff --git a/tests/test_probe.py b/tests/test_probe.py
index 78cc8f2..0881138 100644
--- a/tests/test_probe.py
+++ b/tests/test_probe.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from changes import probe
+from changes import config, probe
 from . import BaseTestCase
 
 
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ class ProbeTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
     def test_probe_project(self):
         self.assertTrue(probe.probe_project(self.module_name))
+
+    def test_probe_with_alt_requirements(self):
+        config.arguments['--requirements'] = 'test-requirements.txt'
+        self.assertFalse(probe.probe_project(self.module_name))