diff --git a/cricket/unittest/discoverer.py b/cricket/unittest/discoverer.py
index c408eea..fadbfc7 100644
--- a/cricket/unittest/discoverer.py
+++ b/cricket/unittest/discoverer.py
@@ -25,37 +25,41 @@ def consume(iterable):
         except:
             yield item
 
-class PyTestDiscoverer:
 
-    def __init__(self):
+class PyTestDiscoverer:
 
+    def __init__(self, start='.', pattern='test*.py', top=None):
+        self.start = start
+        self.pattern = pattern
+        self.top = top
         self.collected_tests = []
 
-
     def __str__(self):
         '''
         Builds the dotted namespace expected by cricket
         '''
-
         resultstr = '\n'.join(self.collected_tests)
-
         return resultstr.strip()
 
-
     def collect_tests(self):
         '''
         Collect a list of potentially runnable tests
         '''
-        
         loader = unittest.TestLoader()
-        suite = loader.discover('.')
+        suite = loader.discover(self.start, self.pattern, self.top)
         flatresults = list(consume(suite))
         named = [r.id() for r in flatresults]
         self.collected_tests = named
 
-            
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+    from cricket.unittest.options import add_arguments
+
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    add_arguments(parser)
+    options = parser.parse_args()
 
-    PTD = PyTestDiscoverer()
+    PTD = PyTestDiscoverer(options.start, options.pattern, options.top)
     PTD.collect_tests()
-    print str(PTD)
\ No newline at end of file
+    print str(PTD)
diff --git a/cricket/unittest/executor.py b/cricket/unittest/executor.py
index 9271cc2..19fba7d 100644
--- a/cricket/unittest/executor.py
+++ b/cricket/unittest/executor.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 Its main API is the command line, but it's just as sensible to
 call into it. See __main__ for usage
 '''
+
 import argparse
 import unittest
 
@@ -24,16 +25,25 @@ class PyTestExecutor(object):
     initiated by the top-level Executor class
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self):
-
-        # Allows the executor to run a specified list of tests
-        self.specified_list = None
+    def __init__(self, start='.', pattern='test*.py', top=None, test_names=None):
+        self.start = start
+        self.pattern = pattern
+        self.top = top
+        self.test_names = test_names
 
-    def run_only(self, specified_list):
-        self.specified_list = specified_list
+    def load_suite(self):
+        # Use explicit test_names if provided, other wise fall back to
+        # discovery equivalent to the discoverer.
+        loader = unittest.TestLoader()
+        if self.test_names:
+            suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+            for name in self.test_names:
+                suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromName(name))
+        else:
+            suite = loader.discover(self.start, self.pattern, self.top)
+        return suite
 
     def stream_suite(self, suite):
-
         pipes.PipedTestRunner().run(suite)
 
     def stream_results(self):
@@ -42,16 +52,8 @@ def stream_results(self):
         2.) Otherwise fetch specific tests
         3.) Execute-and-stream
         '''
-
-        loader = unittest.TestLoader()
-
-        if not self.specified_list:
-            suite = loader.discover('.')
-            self.stream_suite(suite)
-        else:
-            for module in self.specified_list:
-                suite = loader.loadTestsFromName(module)
-                self.stream_suite(suite)
+        suite = self.load_suite()
+        self.stream_suite(suite)
 
 
 class PyTestCoverageExecutor(PyTestExecutor):
@@ -70,18 +72,26 @@ def stream_suite(self, suite):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 
     parser.add_argument("--coverage", help="Generate coverage data for the test run", action="store_true")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        'labels', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
-        help='Test labels to run.'
-    )
+    parser.add_argument('-t', '--test-names', action='store_true',
+        help='Interpret arguments as test names.')
+    parser.add_argument('labels', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
+        help='Test labels to run.')
 
     options = parser.parse_args()
+    options.start = '.'
+    options.pattern = 'test*.py'
+    options.top = None
 
     if options.coverage:
-        PTE = PyTestCoverageExecutor()
+        cls = PyTestCoverageExecutor
+    else:
+        cls = PyTestExecutor
+
+    if options.test_names:
+        executor = cls(test_names=options.labels)
     else:
-        PTE = PyTestExecutor()
+        for name, value in zip(('start', 'pattern', 'top'), options.labels):
+            setattr(options, name, value)
+        executor = cls(options.start, options.pattern, options.top)
 
-    if options.labels:
-        PTE.run_only(options.labels)
-    PTE.stream_results()
+    executor.stream_results()
diff --git a/cricket/unittest/model.py b/cricket/unittest/model.py
index cd7a74c..d0ef553 100644
--- a/cricket/unittest/model.py
+++ b/cricket/unittest/model.py
@@ -1,19 +1,38 @@
 import sys
 
 from cricket.model import Project
+import cricket.unittest.options
+
 
 class UnittestProject(Project):
 
     def __init__(self, options=None):
+        self.start = getattr(options, 'start', '.')
+        self.pattern = getattr(options, 'pattern', 'test*py')
+        self.top = getattr(options, 'top', None)
         super(UnittestProject, self).__init__()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def add_arguments(cls, parser):
+        cricket.unittest.options.add_arguments(parser)
+
     def discover_commandline(self):
         "Command line: Discover all available tests in a project."
-        return [sys.executable, '-m', 'cricket.unittest.discoverer']
+        args = [sys.executable, '-m', 'cricket.unittest.discoverer',
+                self.start, self.pattern]
+        if self.top is not None:
+            args.append(self.top)
+        return args
 
     def execute_commandline(self, labels):
         "Return the command line to execute the specified test labels"
         args = [sys.executable, '-m', 'cricket.unittest.executor']
         if self.coverage:
             args.append('--coverage')
-        return args + labels
\ No newline at end of file
+        if labels:
+            args.extend(['-t'] + labels)
+        else:
+            args.extend([self.start, self.pattern])
+            if self.top is not None:
+                args.append(self.top)
+        return args
diff --git a/cricket/unittest/options.py b/cricket/unittest/options.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6752ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cricket/unittest/options.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""
+argparse options common to discoverer, executor and model.
+"""
+
+
+def add_arguments(parser):
+    """
+    Add unittest discovery settings to the argument parser.
+    """
+    parser.add_argument('start', nargs='?', default='.',
+        help="Directory to start discovery ('.' default)")
+    parser.add_argument('pattern', nargs='?', default='test*.py',
+        help="Pattern to match tests ('test*.py' default)")
+    parser.add_argument('top', nargs='?', default=None,
+        help='Top level directory of project (defaults to start directory)')
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 75614a5..a6f0042 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ In a unittest project, install cricket, and then run it::
 This will pop up a GUI window. Hit "Run all", and watch your test suite
 execute.
 
+``cricket-unittest`` also accepts the 'discover' arguments for ``unittest``::
+
+    usage: cricket-unittest [-h] [--version] [start] [pattern] [top]
+
+(See also ``cricket-unittest -h``.)
+
+For example this will find tests inside packages.  For example, if you have
+``simplejson`` installed, you can run the tests present in
+``simplejson.tests``::
+
+    $ cricket-unittest simplejson
+
 Problems under Ubuntu
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/tests/test_unit_integration.py b/tests/test_unit_integration.py
index 2a9113e..6837f86 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit_integration.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def test_labels(self):
         '''
 
         labels = ['tests.test_unit_integration.TestCollection']
-        cmdline = ['python', '-m', 'cricket.unittest.executor'] + labels
+        cmdline = ['python', '-m', 'cricket.unittest.executor', '-t'] + labels
 
         runner = subprocess.Popen(
             cmdline,