diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 58cf9613cb..370a63cbb8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ deps =
 setenv =
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE = no_byte_code
 commands =
-    coverage run --source=./synapse {envbindir}/trial tests
+    coverage run --source=./synapse {envbindir}/trial {posargs:tests}
     coverage report -m
 install_command =
     pip install --process-dependency-links --pre {opts} {packages}