diff --git a/lib/config.ts b/lib/config.ts
index c04849088..c8c647253 100644
--- a/lib/config.ts
+++ b/lib/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import {PluginConfig} from './plugins';
 
+export type SpecScheduler = () => (specs: Array<string>, capabilities: any) => Array<Array<string>>;
+
 export interface Config {
   [key: string]: any;
 
@@ -340,9 +342,12 @@ export interface Config {
     /**
      * If this is set to be true, specs will be sharded by file (i.e. all
      * files to be run by this set of capabilities will run in parallel).
+     * By default each test file will run in separeted browser instance.
      * Default is false.
+     * You can also provide custom spec scheduler function
+     * that can change default behaviour and run many specs in one browser instance.
      */
-    shardTestFiles?: boolean;
+    shardTestFiles: boolean | SpecScheduler;
 
     /**
      * Maximum number of browser instances that can run in parallel for this
diff --git a/lib/taskScheduler.ts b/lib/taskScheduler.ts
index 420c51dd0..de9a56aeb 100644
--- a/lib/taskScheduler.ts
+++ b/lib/taskScheduler.ts
@@ -63,17 +63,19 @@ export class TaskScheduler {
         });
       }
 
-      let specLists: Array<Array<string>> = [];
-      // If we shard, we return an array of one element arrays, each containing
-      // the spec file. If we don't shard, we return an one element array
-      // containing an array of all the spec files
-      if (capabilities.shardTestFiles) {
-        capabilitiesSpecs.forEach((spec) => {
-          specLists.push([spec]);
-        });
-      } else {
-        specLists.push(capabilitiesSpecs);
+      let shardScheduler = capabilities.shardTestFiles;
+      if (typeof shardScheduler !== 'function') {
+        // If we shard, we return an array of one element arrays, each containing
+        // the spec file. If we don't shard, we return an one element array
+        // containing an array of all the spec files
+        shardScheduler = function(specs: Array<string>, capabilities: any): Array<Array<string>> {
+          if (capabilities.shardTestFiles) {
+            return specs.map(spec => [spec]);
+          }
+          return [specs];
+        };
       }
+      const specLists = shardScheduler(capabilitiesSpecs, capabilities);
 
       capabilities.count = capabilities.count || 1;
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/taskScheduler_test.js b/spec/unit/taskScheduler_test.js
index 8bc19a053..f8e195fa8 100644
--- a/spec/unit/taskScheduler_test.js
+++ b/spec/unit/taskScheduler_test.js
@@ -258,4 +258,52 @@ describe('the task scheduler', function() {
     expect(scheduler.numTasksOutstanding()).toEqual(0);
   });
 
+  it('should use custom shard scheduler when provided', function() {
+    var toAdd = {
+      specs: [
+        'spec/unit/data/fakespecA.js',
+        'spec/unit/data/fakespecB.js',
+        'spec/unit/data/fakespecC.js'
+      ],
+      multiCapabilities: [{
+        shardTestFiles: shardScheduler,
+        browserName: 'chrome',
+        maxInstances: 2,
+      }]
+    };
+    var config = new ConfigParser().addConfig(toAdd).getConfig();
+    var scheduler = new TaskScheduler(config);
+
+    var task1 = scheduler.nextTask();
+    expect(task1.capabilities.browserName).toEqual('chrome');
+    expect(task1.specs.length).toEqual(2);
+
+    var task2 = scheduler.nextTask();
+    expect(task2.capabilities.browserName).toEqual('chrome');
+    expect(task2.specs.length).toEqual(1);
+
+    task1.done();
+    task2.done();
+    expect(scheduler.numTasksOutstanding()).toEqual(0);
+  });
+
+  function shardScheduler(specs, capabilities) {
+    const numberOfShards = capabilities.maxInstances;
+    if(numberOfShards > 1) {
+        const bucketSize = Math.ceil(specs.length/numberOfShards);
+        const shards = [];
+        let start = 0;
+        while (start < specs.length) {
+            let end = start + bucketSize;
+            if ( end > specs.length) {
+                end = specs.length;
+            }
+            shards.push(specs.slice(start,end));
+            start = end;
+        }
+        return shards;
+    }
+    return [specs];
+  }
+
 });