diff --git a/tempest/cmd/run.py b/tempest/cmd/run.py
index 350dd0b..6d3938a 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/run.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/run.py
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 You can also use the **--list-tests** option in conjunction with selection
 arguments to list which tests will be run.
 
+You can also use the **--load-list** option that lets you pass a filepath to
+tempest run with the file format being in a non-regex format, similar to the
+tests generated by the **--list-tests** option. You can specify target tests
+by removing unnecessary tests from a list file which is generated from
+**--list-tests** option.
+
 Test Execution
 ==============
 There are several options to control how the tests are executed. By default
@@ -265,6 +271,12 @@
                                    help='Path to a blacklist file, this file '
                                         'contains a separate regex exclude on '
                                         'each newline')
+        list_selector.add_argument('--load-list', '--load_list',
+                                   help='Path to a non-regex whitelist file, '
+                                        'this file contains a seperate test '
+                                        'on each newline. This command'
+                                        'supports files created by the tempest'
+                                        'run ``--list-tests`` command')
         # list only args
         parser.add_argument('--list-tests', '-l', action='store_true',
                             help='List tests',
@@ -316,6 +328,8 @@
             options.append("--parallel")
         if parsed_args.concurrency:
             options.append("--concurrency=%s" % parsed_args.concurrency)
+        if parsed_args.load_list:
+            options.append("--load-list=%s" % parsed_args.load_list)
         return options
 
     def _run(self, regex, options):
diff --git a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_run.py b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_run.py
index 7ac347d..b6dfb10 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_run.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_run.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         setattr(args, "subunit", True)
         setattr(args, "parallel", False)
         setattr(args, "concurrency", 10)
+        setattr(args, "load_list", '')
         options = self.run_cmd._build_options(args)
         self.assertEqual(['--subunit',
                           '--concurrency=10'],