diff --git a/testr.py b/testr.py
index 695342f..4cec847 100644
--- a/testr.py
+++ b/testr.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from pathlib import Path
 from testr.file_data import DirectorySuite, ExecutableRunner
+from testr.runner import TestOptions
 import argparse
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -11,14 +12,23 @@ test_data_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
 test_data_group.add_argument("--testdir", help="Directory for test cases")
 test_runner_group.add_argument("--exec", help="Executable to run test cases against")
 
+parser.add_argument("--timelim", help="Time limit in seconds", type=float, default=5.0)
+
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
+
 async def main():
     test_suite = DirectorySuite(Path(args.testdir))
     test_runner = ExecutableRunner(Path(args.exec))
 
-    async for test_case in test_runner.run_test_suite(test_suite):
+    async for test_case in test_runner.run_test_suite(
+            test_suite,
+            TestOptions(
+                time_limit=args.timelim
+            )
+        ):
         print(test_case.code)
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/testr/file_data.py b/testr/file_data.py
index a1e32d0..1f62ece 100644
--- a/testr/file_data.py
+++ b/testr/file_data.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
-from testr.runner import TestData, TestRunner, TestStatus, TestSuite, StatusCode
+from testr.runner import TestData, TestOptions, TestRunner, TestStatus, TestSuite, StatusCode
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ExecutableRunner(TestRunner):
             raise ValueError(f"executable must be a file, got '{executable}'")
         self.executable = executable
 
-    async def run_test(self, data: TestData) -> TestStatus:
+    async def run_test(self, data: TestData, opts: TestOptions) -> TestStatus:
         proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_shell(
                 str(self.executable),
                 stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ExecutableRunner(TestRunner):
 
         try:
             out_stream, err_stream = await asyncio.wait_for(
-                    proc.communicate(input=input_data.encode()), timeout=5.0)
+                    proc.communicate(input=input_data.encode()), timeout=opts.time_limit)
         except TimeoutError:
             proc.kill()
             return TestStatus(code=StatusCode.TLE, stderr="", stdout="", stdin=input_data)
diff --git a/testr/runner.py b/testr/runner.py
index dff6dda..cbc4cb5 100644
--- a/testr/runner.py
+++ b/testr/runner.py
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ class TestValidator(ABC):
     async def validate_output(self, output: str) -> bool: pass
 
 
+@dataclass
+class TestOptions:
+    """
+    Options for running a test suite.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+
+    time_limit
+        Time limit in seconds for each test case.
+    """
+
+    time_limit: float
+
+
 class TestData(TestInput, TestValidator):
     """Combined input/output for single test case"""
 
@@ -70,8 +85,8 @@ class TestRunner(ABC):
     """Runner for test cases."""
 
     @abstractmethod
-    async def run_test(self, data: TestData) -> TestStatus: pass
+    async def run_test(self, data: TestData, opts: TestOptions) -> TestStatus: pass
 
-    async def run_test_suite(self, data: TestSuite) -> AsyncIterator[TestStatus]:
+    async def run_test_suite(self, data: TestSuite, opts: TestOptions) -> AsyncIterator[TestStatus]:
         for test_case in data:
-            yield await self.run_test(test_case)
+            yield await self.run_test(test_case, opts)