diff --git a/utils/lit/lit/LitTestCase.py b/utils/lit/lit/LitTestCase.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89511858435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/lit/lit/LitTestCase.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import unittest
+import Test
+
+"""
+TestCase adaptor for providing a 'unittest' compatible interface to 'lit' tests.
+"""
+
+class UnresolvedError(RuntimeError):
+    pass
+        
+class LitTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def __init__(self, test, lit_config):
+        unittest.TestCase.__init__(self)
+        self._test = test
+        self._lit_config = lit_config
+
+    def id(self):
+        return self._test.getFullName()
+
+    def shortDescription(self):
+        return self._test.getFullName()
+
+    def runTest(self):
+        tr, output = self._test.config.test_format.execute(
+            self._test, self._lit_config)
+
+        if tr is Test.UNRESOLVED:
+            raise UnresolvedError(output)
+        elif tr.isFailure:
+            self.fail(output)
diff --git a/utils/lit/lit/TestFormats.py b/utils/lit/lit/TestFormats.py
index 433e39a6278..7ab9bb6e452 100644
--- a/utils/lit/lit/TestFormats.py
+++ b/utils/lit/lit/TestFormats.py
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ class FileBasedTest(object):
                             litConfig, localConfig):
         source_path = testSuite.getSourcePath(path_in_suite)
         for filename in os.listdir(source_path):
-            # Ignore dot files.
-            if filename.startswith('.'):
+            # Ignore dot files and excluded tests.
+            if (filename.startswith('.') or
+                filename in localConfig.excludes):
                 continue
 
             filepath = os.path.join(source_path, filename)
diff --git a/utils/lit/lit/lit.py b/utils/lit/lit/lit.py
index e80075478a6..a29fa42101c 100755
--- a/utils/lit/lit/lit.py
+++ b/utils/lit/lit/lit.py
@@ -315,6 +315,48 @@ def runTests(numThreads, litConfig, provider, display):
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         sys.exit(2)
 
+def load_test_suite(inputs):
+    import unittest
+
+    # Create the global config object.
+    litConfig = LitConfig.LitConfig(progname = 'lit',
+                                    path = [],
+                                    quiet = False,
+                                    useValgrind = False,
+                                    valgrindLeakCheck = False,
+                                    valgrindArgs = [],
+                                    useTclAsSh = False,
+                                    noExecute = False,
+                                    debug = False,
+                                    isWindows = (platform.system()=='Windows'),
+                                    params = {})
+
+    # Load the tests from the inputs.
+    tests = []
+    testSuiteCache = {}
+    localConfigCache = {}
+    for input in inputs:
+        prev = len(tests)
+        tests.extend(getTests(input, litConfig,
+                              testSuiteCache, localConfigCache)[1])
+        if prev == len(tests):
+            litConfig.warning('input %r contained no tests' % input)
+
+    # If there were any errors during test discovery, exit now.
+    if litConfig.numErrors:
+        print >>sys.stderr, '%d errors, exiting.' % litConfig.numErrors
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    # Return a unittest test suite which just runs the tests in order.
+    def get_test_fn(test):
+        return unittest.FunctionTestCase(
+            lambda: test.config.test_format.execute(
+                test, litConfig),
+            description = test.getFullName())
+
+    from LitTestCase import LitTestCase
+    return unittest.TestSuite([LitTestCase(test, litConfig) for test in tests])
+
 def main():
     # Bump the GIL check interval, its more important to get any one thread to a
     # blocking operation (hopefully exec) than to try and unblock other threads.