diff --git a/ChangeLog-5.0.md b/ChangeLog-5.0.md
index 592022cdcea..cb19f9918e7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-5.0.md
+++ b/ChangeLog-5.0.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ All notable changes of the PHPUnit 5.0 release series are documented in this fil
 * Implemented [#1604](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/1604): A `@small` test should be marked as risky when it executes code that performs I/O operations
 * Implemented [#1656](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/1656): Allow sorting test failures in reverse
 * Merged [#1753](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/1753): Added the `assertFinite()`, `assertInfinite()` and `assertNan()` assertions
+* Merged [#1876](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/1876): Added the `--atleast-version` commandline option
 * Implemented [#1780](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/1780): Support for deep-cloning of results passed between tests using `@depends`
 * Implemented [#1821](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/1821): Expectations on mock objects passed via `@depends` are now also evaluated for the depending test
 * Added `--whitelist` commandline option to configure a whitelist for code coverage analysis
diff --git a/src/TextUI/Command.php b/src/TextUI/Command.php
index 7919263ed54..b27c0c1fd24 100644
--- a/src/TextUI/Command.php
+++ b/src/TextUI/Command.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class PHPUnit_TextUI_Command
      * @var array
      */
     protected $longOptions = [
+        'atleast-version='        => null,
         'bootstrap='              => null,
         'colors=='                => null,
         'columns='                => null,
@@ -456,6 +457,13 @@ protected function handleArguments(array $argv)
                     $this->arguments['verbose'] = true;
                     break;
 
+                case '--atleast-version':
+                    exit (version_compare(PHPUnit_Runner_Version::id(), $option[1], '>=')
+                        ? PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::SUCCESS_EXIT
+                        : PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::FAILURE_EXIT
+                    );
+                    break;
+
                 case '--version':
                     $this->printVersionString();
                     exit(PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::SUCCESS_EXIT);
@@ -956,6 +964,7 @@ protected function showHelp()
 
   -h|--help                 Prints this usage information.
   --version                 Prints the version and exits.
+  --atleast-version <min>   Checks that version is greater than min and exits.
 
 EOT;
 
diff --git a/tests/TextUI/help.phpt b/tests/TextUI/help.phpt
index 9b9216f90a5..b8b4b976b4c 100644
--- a/tests/TextUI/help.phpt
+++ b/tests/TextUI/help.phpt
@@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ Miscellaneous Options:
 
   -h|--help                 Prints this usage information.
   --version                 Prints the version and exits.
+  --atleast-version <min>   Checks that version is greater than min and exits.
diff --git a/tests/TextUI/help2.phpt b/tests/TextUI/help2.phpt
index 865795a1e3c..7e0c4c64316 100644
--- a/tests/TextUI/help2.phpt
+++ b/tests/TextUI/help2.phpt
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ Miscellaneous Options:
 
   -h|--help                 Prints this usage information.
   --version                 Prints the version and exits.
+  --atleast-version <min>   Checks that version is greater than min and exits.