diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8391e3..bb43dee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ utplsql run "my/Username"/"myP@ssword"@connectstring
                       
 -dbout              - Enables DBMS_OUTPUT in the TestRunner-Session
 (--dbms_output)       Default: false
+
+-random             - Enables random order of test executions
+(--random-test-order) Default: false
+
+-seed               - Sets the seed to use for random test execution order. If set, it sets -random to true
+(--random-test-order-seed)
 ```
 
 Parameters -f, -o, -s are correlated. That is parameters -o and -s are controlling outputs for reporter specified by the preceding -f parameter.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1fc034..a74200d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@
           <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+          <version>2.1</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommand.java
index e85b9e7..9ebc251 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommand.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.utplsql.api.*;
 import org.utplsql.api.compatibility.CompatibilityProxy;
+import org.utplsql.api.compatibility.OptionalFeatures;
 import org.utplsql.api.db.DefaultDatabaseInformation;
 import org.utplsql.api.exception.DatabaseNotCompatibleException;
 import org.utplsql.api.exception.OracleCreateStatmenetStuckException;
@@ -126,6 +127,18 @@ public class RunCommand implements ICommand {
     )
     private boolean enableDbmsOutput = false;
 
+    @Parameter(
+            names = {"-random", "--random-test-order"},
+            description = "Enables random order of test executions (default: DISABLED)"
+    )
+    private boolean randomTestOrder = false;
+
+    @Parameter(
+            names = {"-seed", "--random-test-order-seed"},
+            description = "Sets the seed to use for random test execution order. If set, it sets -random to true"
+    )
+    private Integer randomTestOrderSeed;
+
     private CompatibilityProxy compatibilityProxy;
     private ReporterFactory reporterFactory;
     private ReporterManager reporterManager;
@@ -162,11 +175,7 @@ public int doRun() throws OracleCreateStatmenetStuckException {
             initDatabase(dataSource);
             reporterList = initReporters(dataSource);
 
-            // Output a message if --failureExitCode is set but database framework is not capable of
-            String msg = RunCommandChecker.getCheckFailOnErrorMessage(failureExitCode, compatibilityProxy.getUtPlsqlVersion());
-            if (msg != null) {
-                System.out.println(msg);
-            }
+            checkForCompatibility(compatibilityProxy.getUtPlsqlVersion());
 
             ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1 + reporterList.size());
 
@@ -228,7 +237,28 @@ public int run() {
         return Cli.DEFAULT_ERROR_CODE;
     }
 
-    private TestRunner newTestRunner( List<Reporter> reporterList) {
+    private void checkForCompatibility( Version utPlSqlVersion ) {
+        if (!OptionalFeatures.FAIL_ON_ERROR.isAvailableFor(utPlSqlVersion) && failureExitCode != 1 ) {
+            System.out.println("You specified option `--failure-exit-code` but your database framework version (" +
+                    utPlSqlVersion.getNormalizedString() + ") is not able to " +
+                    "redirect failureCodes. Please upgrade to a newer version if you want to use that feature.");
+        }
+
+        if ( !OptionalFeatures.RANDOM_EXECUTION_ORDER.isAvailableFor(utPlSqlVersion) && randomTestOrder ) {
+            System.out.println("You specified option `-random` but your database framework version (" +
+                    utPlSqlVersion.getNormalizedString() + ") is not able to " +
+                    "redirect failureCodes. Please upgrade to a newer version if you want to use that feature.");
+        }
+
+        if ( !OptionalFeatures.RANDOM_EXECUTION_ORDER.isAvailableFor(utPlSqlVersion) && randomTestOrderSeed != null ) {
+            System.out.println("You specified option `-seed` but your database framework version (" +
+                    utPlSqlVersion.getNormalizedString() + ") is not able to " +
+                    "redirect failureCodes. Please upgrade to a newer version if you want to use that feature.");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    TestRunner newTestRunner( List<Reporter> reporterList) {
 
         final File baseDir = new File("").getAbsoluteFile();
 
@@ -241,7 +271,9 @@ private TestRunner newTestRunner( List<Reporter> reporterList) {
                 .failOnErrors(true)
                 .skipCompatibilityCheck(skipCompatibilityCheck)
                 .includeObjects(getObjectList(includeObjects))
-                .excludeObjects(getObjectList(excludeObjects));
+                .excludeObjects(getObjectList(excludeObjects))
+                .randomTestOrder(randomTestOrder)
+                .randomTestOrderSeed(randomTestOrderSeed);
     }
 
     private ArrayList<String> getObjectList(String includeObjects) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommandChecker.java b/src/main/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommandChecker.java
index 6adce56..ed9d43d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommandChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommandChecker.java
@@ -27,18 +27,4 @@ static void checkOracleI18nExists(Connection con) throws SQLException {
             System.out.println("Download from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html");
         }
     }
-
-    /** Returns a warning message if failureExitCode is specified but database version is too low
-     *
-     * @param failureExitCode
-     * @param databaseVersion
-     */
-    static String getCheckFailOnErrorMessage(int failureExitCode, Version databaseVersion) {
-        if ( failureExitCode != 1 && !OptionalFeatures.FAIL_ON_ERROR.isAvailableFor(databaseVersion)) {
-            return "Your database framework version (" + databaseVersion.getNormalizedString() + ") is not able to " +
-                    "redirect failureCodes. Please upgrade to a newer version if you want to use that feature.";
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommandTest.java b/src/test/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommandTest.java
index 941a0e1..e2ec155 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommandTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/utplsql/cli/RunCommandTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package org.utplsql.cli;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.utplsql.api.TestRunnerOptions;
 import org.utplsql.api.reporter.CoreReporters;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 /**
@@ -92,4 +97,33 @@ void connectionString_asSysdba() {
         assertEquals("sys as sysdba/mypass@connectstring/service",
                 runCmd.getConnectionInfo().getConnectionString());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void randomOrder_default() {
+        RunCommand runCmd = TestHelper.createRunCommand(TestHelper.getConnectionString());
+
+        TestRunnerOptions options = runCmd.newTestRunner(new ArrayList<>()).getOptions();
+        assertThat(options.randomTestOrder, equalTo(false));
+        assertThat(options.randomTestOrderSeed, nullValue());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void randomOrder_withoutSeed() {
+        RunCommand runCmd = TestHelper.createRunCommand(TestHelper.getConnectionString(),
+                "-random");
+
+        TestRunnerOptions options = runCmd.newTestRunner(new ArrayList<>()).getOptions();
+        assertThat(options.randomTestOrder, equalTo(true));
+        assertThat(options.randomTestOrderSeed, nullValue());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void randomOrder_withSeed() {
+        RunCommand runCmd = TestHelper.createRunCommand(TestHelper.getConnectionString(),
+                "-seed=42");
+
+        TestRunnerOptions options = runCmd.newTestRunner(new ArrayList<>()).getOptions();
+        assertThat(options.randomTestOrder, equalTo(true));
+        assertThat(options.randomTestOrderSeed, equalTo(42));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/utplsql/cli/TestRunCommandChecker.java b/src/test/java/org/utplsql/cli/TestRunCommandChecker.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 803a3f1..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/utplsql/cli/TestRunCommandChecker.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package org.utplsql.cli;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.utplsql.api.Version;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
-
-class TestRunCommandChecker {
-
-    @Test
-    void getCheckFailOnErrorMessage()
-    {
-        // FailOnError option should work since 3.0.3+ framework
-        assertNotNull(RunCommandChecker.getCheckFailOnErrorMessage(2, new Version("3.0.0")));
-        assertNotNull(RunCommandChecker.getCheckFailOnErrorMessage(2, new Version("3.0.1")));
-        assertNotNull(RunCommandChecker.getCheckFailOnErrorMessage(2, new Version("3.0.2")));
-        assertNull(RunCommandChecker.getCheckFailOnErrorMessage(2, new Version("3.0.3.1266")));
-        assertNull(RunCommandChecker.getCheckFailOnErrorMessage(2, new Version("3.0.4")));
-    }
-}