diff --git a/archunit-junit/build.gradle b/archunit-junit/build.gradle
index 11c012e132..663fad3ff1 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/build.gradle
+++ b/archunit-junit/build.gradle
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module: 'guava'
     }
     testImplementation project(path: ':archunit', configuration: 'tests')
+
+    // This is a hack for running tests with IntelliJ instead of delegating to Gradle,
+    // because for some reason this dependency cannot be resolved otherwise :-(
+    testRuntimeOnly dependency.asm
 }
 
 archUnitTest {
diff --git a/archunit-junit/junit4/build.gradle b/archunit-junit/junit4/build.gradle
index 80b51f0bc8..894575fac4 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/junit4/build.gradle
+++ b/archunit-junit/junit4/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(path: ':archunit-junit', configuration: 'tests')
 
     // This is a hack for running tests with IntelliJ instead of delegating to Gradle,
-    // because for some reason this dependency cannot be resolved otherwise only for archunit-junit4 :-(
+    // because for some reason this dependency cannot be resolved otherwise :-(
     testRuntimeOnly dependency.asm
 }
 
diff --git a/archunit-junit/junit4/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/AnalyzeClasses.java b/archunit-junit/junit4/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/AnalyzeClasses.java
index fa5b79d5e9..c90d7d4e82 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/junit4/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/AnalyzeClasses.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/junit4/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/AnalyzeClasses.java
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@
      */
     Class<? extends LocationProvider>[] locations() default {};
 
+    /**
+     * @return Whether to import all classes on the classpath.
+     *         Warning: Without any further filtering this can require a lot of resources.
+     */
+    boolean wholeClasspath() default false;
+
     /**
      * Allows to filter the class import. The supplied types will be instantiated and used to create the
      * {@link ImportOptions} passed to the {@link ClassFileImporter}. Considering caching, compare the notes on
diff --git a/archunit-junit/junit4/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitRunner.java b/archunit-junit/junit4/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitRunner.java
index f97f64d7a9..730d152c68 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/junit4/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitRunner.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/junit4/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitRunner.java
@@ -217,5 +217,10 @@ public Class<? extends ImportOption>[] getImportOptions() {
         public CacheMode getCacheMode() {
             return analyzeClasses.cacheMode();
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean scanWholeClasspath() {
+            return analyzeClasses.wholeClasspath();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/archunit-junit/junit4/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitRunnerTest.java b/archunit-junit/junit4/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitRunnerTest.java
index a36f41258f..2970de12bd 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/junit4/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitRunnerTest.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/junit4/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitRunnerTest.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public void runner_creates_correct_analysis_request() {
         assertThat(analysisRequest.getPackageNames()).isEqualTo(analyzeClasses.packages());
         assertThat(analysisRequest.getPackageRoots()).isEqualTo(analyzeClasses.packagesOf());
         assertThat(analysisRequest.getLocationProviders()).isEqualTo(analyzeClasses.locations());
+        assertThat(analysisRequest.scanWholeClasspath()).as("scan whole classpath").isTrue();
         assertThat(analysisRequest.getImportOptions()).isEqualTo(analyzeClasses.importOptions());
     }
 
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ public boolean includes(Location location) {
             packages = {"com.foo", "com.bar"},
             packagesOf = {ArchUnitRunner.class, ArchUnitRunnerTest.class},
             locations = {DummyLocation.class, OtherDummyLocation.class},
+            wholeClasspath = true,
             importOptions = {DummyImportOption.class, OtherDummyImportOption.class}
     )
     public static class MaxAnnotatedTest {
@@ -156,4 +158,4 @@ public static class MaxAnnotatedTest {
         public static void someTest(JavaClasses classes) {
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/archunit-junit/junit5/api/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/AnalyzeClasses.java b/archunit-junit/junit5/api/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/AnalyzeClasses.java
index cbfd0bb9a0..b0e65ef6e6 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/junit5/api/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/AnalyzeClasses.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/junit5/api/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/AnalyzeClasses.java
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
      */
     Class<? extends LocationProvider>[] locations() default {};
 
+    /**
+     * @return Whether to look for classes on the whole classpath.
+     *         Warning: Without any further {@link #importOptions() filtering} this can require a lot of resources.
+     */
+    boolean wholeClasspath() default false;
+
     /**
      * Allows to filter the class import. The supplied types will be instantiated and used to create the
      * {@link ImportOptions} passed to the {@link ClassFileImporter}. Considering caching, compare the notes on
diff --git a/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitTestDescriptor.java b/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitTestDescriptor.java
index aaf7fc4b14..d3808f1b8a 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitTestDescriptor.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitTestDescriptor.java
@@ -289,5 +289,10 @@ public Class<? extends ImportOption>[] getImportOptions() {
         public CacheMode getCacheMode() {
             return analyzeClasses.cacheMode();
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean scanWholeClasspath() {
+            return analyzeClasses.wholeClasspath();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitTestEngineTest.java b/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitTestEngineTest.java
index 4954c08eab..e2f0356106 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitTestEngineTest.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ArchUnitTestEngineTest.java
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ void passes_AnalyzeClasses_to_cache() {
             assertThat(request.getPackageNames()).isEqualTo(expected.packages());
             assertThat(request.getPackageRoots()).isEqualTo(expected.packagesOf());
             assertThat(request.getLocationProviders()).isEqualTo(expected.locations());
+            assertThat(request.scanWholeClasspath()).as("scan whole classpath").isTrue();
             assertThat(request.getImportOptions()).isEqualTo(expected.importOptions());
         }
 
diff --git a/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/testexamples/FullAnalyzeClassesSpec.java b/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/testexamples/FullAnalyzeClassesSpec.java
index c2775a99af..2d0e81323a 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/testexamples/FullAnalyzeClassesSpec.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/junit5/engine/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/testexamples/FullAnalyzeClassesSpec.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         packages = {"first.pkg", "second.pkg"},
         packagesOf = {Object.class, File.class},
         locations = {FirstLocationProvider.class, SecondLocationProvider.class},
+        wholeClasspath = true,
         importOptions = {DoNotIncludeTests.class, DoNotIncludeJars.class})
 public class FullAnalyzeClassesSpec {
     @ArchTest
diff --git a/archunit-junit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassAnalysisRequest.java b/archunit-junit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassAnalysisRequest.java
index fde2e83624..1b9ff0ca6b 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassAnalysisRequest.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassAnalysisRequest.java
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ interface ClassAnalysisRequest {
     Class<? extends ImportOption>[] getImportOptions();
 
     CacheMode getCacheMode();
+
+    boolean scanWholeClasspath();
 }
diff --git a/archunit-junit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassCache.java b/archunit-junit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassCache.java
index 03882dd018..000ec4ce7a 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassCache.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassCache.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.tngtech.archunit.junit;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -154,32 +155,35 @@ private abstract static class RequestedLocations {
 
         abstract LocationsKey asKey();
 
-        private static class All extends RequestedLocations {
-            private Class<? extends ImportOption>[] importOptions;
+        private static class AllInTestPackage extends RequestedLocations {
+            private final Class<? extends ImportOption>[] importOptions;
+            private final Set<Location> locationsOfTestPackage;
 
-            private All(Class<? extends ImportOption>[] importOptions) {
+            private AllInTestPackage(Class<? extends ImportOption>[] importOptions, Class<?> testClass) {
                 this.importOptions = importOptions;
+                locationsOfTestPackage = Locations.ofPackage(testClass.getPackage().getName());
             }
 
             @Override
             LocationsKey asKey() {
-                return new LocationsKey(importOptions, Locations.inClassPath());
+                return new LocationsKey(importOptions, locationsOfTestPackage);
             }
         }
 
         private static class Specific extends RequestedLocations {
-            private final ClassAnalysisRequest classAnalysisRequest;
+            private final Class<? extends ImportOption>[] importOptions;
             private final Set<Location> declaredLocations;
 
             private Specific(ClassAnalysisRequest classAnalysisRequest, Class<?> testClass) {
-                this.classAnalysisRequest = classAnalysisRequest;
+                importOptions = classAnalysisRequest.getImportOptions();
                 declaredLocations = ImmutableSet.<Location>builder()
-                        .addAll(getLocationsOfPackages())
-                        .addAll(getLocationsOfProviders(testClass))
+                        .addAll(getLocationsOfPackages(classAnalysisRequest))
+                        .addAll(getLocationsOfProviders(classAnalysisRequest, testClass))
+                        .addAll(classAnalysisRequest.scanWholeClasspath() ? Locations.inClassPath() : Collections.<Location>emptySet())
                         .build();
             }
 
-            private Set<Location> getLocationsOfPackages() {
+            private Set<Location> getLocationsOfPackages(ClassAnalysisRequest classAnalysisRequest) {
                 Set<String> packages = ImmutableSet.<String>builder()
                         .add(classAnalysisRequest.getPackageNames())
                         .addAll(toPackageStrings(classAnalysisRequest.getPackageRoots()))
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@ private Set<Location> getLocationsOfPackages() {
                 return locationsOf(packages);
             }
 
-            private Set<Location> getLocationsOfProviders(Class<?> testClass) {
+            private Set<Location> getLocationsOfProviders(ClassAnalysisRequest classAnalysisRequest, Class<?> testClass) {
                 Set<Location> result = new HashSet<>();
                 for (Class<? extends LocationProvider> providerClass : classAnalysisRequest.getLocationProviders()) {
                     result.addAll(tryCreate(providerClass).get(testClass));
@@ -224,20 +228,21 @@ private Set<Location> locationsOf(Set<String> packages) {
 
             @Override
             LocationsKey asKey() {
-                return new LocationsKey(classAnalysisRequest.getImportOptions(), declaredLocations);
+                return new LocationsKey(importOptions, declaredLocations);
             }
         }
 
         public static RequestedLocations by(ClassAnalysisRequest classAnalysisRequest, Class<?> testClass) {
             return noSpecificLocationRequested(classAnalysisRequest) ?
-                    new All(classAnalysisRequest.getImportOptions()) :
+                    new AllInTestPackage(classAnalysisRequest.getImportOptions(), testClass) :
                     new Specific(classAnalysisRequest, testClass);
         }
 
         private static boolean noSpecificLocationRequested(ClassAnalysisRequest classAnalysisRequest) {
             return classAnalysisRequest.getPackageNames().length == 0
                     && classAnalysisRequest.getPackageRoots().length == 0
-                    && classAnalysisRequest.getLocationProviders().length == 0;
+                    && classAnalysisRequest.getLocationProviders().length == 0
+                    && !classAnalysisRequest.scanWholeClasspath();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/archunit-junit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassCacheTest.java b/archunit-junit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassCacheTest.java
index 5a9a42a281..e3ae9a353c 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassCacheTest.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/ClassCacheTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import com.tngtech.archunit.core.domain.JavaClass;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.core.domain.JavaClasses;
+import com.tngtech.archunit.core.importer.ClassFileImporter;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.core.importer.ImportOption;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.core.importer.ImportOptions;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.core.importer.Location;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 import com.tngtech.java.junit.dataprovider.DataProvider;
 import com.tngtech.java.junit.dataprovider.DataProviderRunner;
 import com.tngtech.java.junit.dataprovider.UseDataProvider;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Condition;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
 import static com.tngtech.java.junit.dataprovider.DataProviders.testForEach;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
@@ -125,7 +128,6 @@ public void get_all_classes_by_LocationProvider() {
 
     @Test
     public void rejects_LocationProviders_without_default_constructor() {
-
         thrown.expect(ArchTestExecutionException.class);
         thrown.expectMessage("public default constructor");
         thrown.expectMessage(LocationProvider.class.getSimpleName());
@@ -134,10 +136,38 @@ public void rejects_LocationProviders_without_default_constructor() {
                 analyzeLocation(WrongLocationProviderWithConstructorParam.class));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void if_no_import_locations_are_specified_and_whole_classpath_is_set_false_then_the_default_is_the_package_of_the_test_class() {
+        TestAnalysisRequest defaultOptions = new TestAnalysisRequest().withWholeClasspath(false);
+
+        JavaClasses classes = cache.getClassesToAnalyzeFor(TestClass.class, defaultOptions);
+
+        assertThatTypes(classes).contain(getClass(), TestAnalysisRequest.class);
+        assertThatTypes(classes).doNotContain(ClassFileImporter.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void if_whole_classpath_is_set_true_then_the_whole_classpath_is_imported() {
+        TestAnalysisRequest defaultOptions = new TestAnalysisRequest().withWholeClasspath(true);
+        Class<?>[] expectedImportResult = new Class[]{getClass()};
+        doReturn(new ClassFileImporter().importClasses(expectedImportResult))
+                .when(cacheClassFileImporter).importClasses(any(ImportOptions.class), ArgumentMatchers.<Location>anyCollection());
+
+        JavaClasses classes = cache.getClassesToAnalyzeFor(TestClass.class, defaultOptions);
+
+        assertThatTypes(classes).matchExactly(expectedImportResult);
+        verify(cacheClassFileImporter).importClasses(any(ImportOptions.class), locationCaptor.capture());
+        assertThat(locationCaptor.getValue())
+                .has(locationContaining("archunit"))
+                .has(locationContaining("asm"))
+                .has(locationContaining("google"))
+                .has(locationContaining("mockito"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void filters_urls() {
         JavaClasses classes = cache.getClassesToAnalyzeFor(TestClass.class,
-                new TestAnalysisRequest().withImportOptions(TestFilterForJUnitJars.class));
+                new TestAnalysisRequest().withImportOptions(TestFilterForJUnitJars.class).withWholeClasspath(true));
 
         assertThat(classes).isNotEmpty();
         for (JavaClass clazz : classes) {
@@ -218,6 +248,20 @@ private void verifyNumberOfImports(int number) {
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(cacheClassFileImporter);
     }
 
+    private static Condition<Iterable<? extends Location>> locationContaining(final String part) {
+        return new Condition<Iterable<? extends Location>>() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean matches(Iterable<? extends Location> locations) {
+                for (Location location : locations) {
+                    if (location.contains(part)) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     public static class TestClass {
     }
 
diff --git a/archunit-junit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/TestAnalysisRequest.java b/archunit-junit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/TestAnalysisRequest.java
index 383fb012b2..92f4f4cbc3 100644
--- a/archunit-junit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/TestAnalysisRequest.java
+++ b/archunit-junit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/junit/TestAnalysisRequest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class TestAnalysisRequest implements ClassAnalysisRequest {
     private String[] packages = new String[0];
     private Class<?>[] packageRoots = new Class<?>[0];
     private Class<? extends LocationProvider>[] locationProviders = new Class[0];
+    private boolean wholeClasspath = false;
     private Class<? extends ImportOption>[] importOptions = new Class[0];
     private CacheMode cacheMode = CacheMode.FOREVER;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ public Class<? extends LocationProvider>[] getLocationProviders() {
         return locationProviders;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean scanWholeClasspath() {
+        return wholeClasspath;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Class<? extends ImportOption>[] getImportOptions() {
         return importOptions;
@@ -51,6 +57,11 @@ final TestAnalysisRequest withLocationProviders(Class<? extends LocationProvider
         return this;
     }
 
+    final TestAnalysisRequest withWholeClasspath(boolean wholeClasspath) {
+        this.wholeClasspath = wholeClasspath;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @SafeVarargs
     final TestAnalysisRequest withImportOptions(Class<? extends ImportOption>... importOptions) {
         this.importOptions = importOptions;