diff --git a/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/core/importer/ClassFileImporter.java b/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/core/importer/ClassFileImporter.java
index 9734ffe465..efa321ba2b 100644
--- a/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/core/importer/ClassFileImporter.java
+++ b/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/core/importer/ClassFileImporter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.PublicAPI;
@@ -68,7 +69,21 @@ public JavaClasses importPath(Path path) {
 
     @PublicAPI(usage = ACCESS)
     public JavaClasses importJar(JarFile jar) {
-        return importLocations(singleton(Location.of(jar)));
+        return importJars(jar);
+    }
+
+    @PublicAPI(usage = ACCESS)
+    public JavaClasses importJars(JarFile... jarFiles) {
+        return importJars(ImmutableList.copyOf(jarFiles));
+    }
+
+    @PublicAPI(usage = ACCESS)
+    public JavaClasses importJars(Iterable<JarFile> jarFiles) {
+        Set<Location> locations = new HashSet<>();
+        for (JarFile jarFile : jarFiles) {
+            locations.add(Location.of(jarFile));
+        }
+        return importLocations(locations);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/core/importer/ClassFileImporterTest.java b/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/core/importer/ClassFileImporterTest.java
index f3ca89d9cb..0e9dfe4979 100644
--- a/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/core/importer/ClassFileImporterTest.java
+++ b/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/core/importer/ClassFileImporterTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.tngtech.archunit.core.importer;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
 import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.ArchConfiguration;
@@ -1670,16 +1670,7 @@ public void imports_class_objects() throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void ImportOptions_are_respected() throws Exception {
-        ClassFileImporter importer = new ClassFileImporter().withImportOption(importNothing());
-
-        assertThat(importer.importPath(Paths.get(urlOf(getClass()).toURI()))).isEmpty();
-        assertThat(importer.importUrl(urlOf(getClass()))).isEmpty();
-        assertThat(importer.importJar(jarFileOf(Rule.class))).isEmpty();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void imports_package() {
+    public void imports_packages() {
         Set<Class<?>> expectedClasses = ImmutableSet.of(getClass(), Rule.class);
         Set<String> packages = packagesOf(expectedClasses);
 
@@ -1688,6 +1679,31 @@ public void imports_package() {
         assertThatClasses(classes).contain(expectedClasses);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void imports_jars() throws Exception {
+        JavaClasses classes = new ClassFileImporter().importJar(jarFileOf(Rule.class));
+        assertThatClasses(classes).contain(Rule.class);
+        assertThatClasses(classes).dontContain(Object.class, ImmutableList.class);
+
+        classes = new ClassFileImporter().importJars(jarFileOf(Rule.class), jarFileOf(ImmutableList.class));
+        assertThatClasses(classes).contain(Rule.class, ImmutableList.class);
+        assertThatClasses(classes).dontContain(Object.class);
+
+        classes = new ClassFileImporter().importJars(ImmutableList.of(
+                jarFileOf(Rule.class), jarFileOf(ImmutableList.class)));
+        assertThatClasses(classes).contain(Rule.class, ImmutableList.class);
+        assertThatClasses(classes).dontContain(Object.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ImportOptions_are_respected() throws Exception {
+        ClassFileImporter importer = new ClassFileImporter().withImportOption(importNothing());
+
+        assertThat(importer.importPath(Paths.get(urlOf(getClass()).toURI()))).isEmpty();
+        assertThat(importer.importUrl(urlOf(getClass()))).isEmpty();
+        assertThat(importer.importJar(jarFileOf(Rule.class))).isEmpty();
+    }
+
     private Set<String> packagesOf(Set<Class<?>> classes) {
         Set<String> result = new HashSet<>();
         for (Class<?> c : classes) {
@@ -1696,11 +1712,10 @@ private Set<String> packagesOf(Set<Class<?>> classes) {
         return result;
     }
 
-    private JarFile jarFileOf(Class<Rule> clazzInJar) throws IOException {
+    private JarFile jarFileOf(Class<?> clazzInJar) throws IOException {
         String fileName = urlOf(clazzInJar).getFile();
         checkArgument(fileName.contains(".jar!/"), "Class %s is not contained in a JAR", clazzInJar.getName());
-        File file = new File(fileName.replaceAll(".*:", "").replaceAll("!/.*", ""));
-        return new JarFile(file);
+        return new JarFile(fileName.replaceAll(".*:", "").replaceAll("!/.*", ""));
     }
 
     private ImportOption importNothing() {
diff --git a/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/testutil/Assertions.java b/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/testutil/Assertions.java
index 6b92d55870..e16723507c 100644
--- a/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/testutil/Assertions.java
+++ b/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/testutil/Assertions.java
@@ -155,13 +155,25 @@ public void matchExactly(Class<?>... classes) {
             }
         }
 
+        public void contain(Class<?>... classes) {
+            contain(ImmutableSet.copyOf(classes));
+        }
+
+        public void dontContain(Class<?>... classes) {
+            assertThat(actualNames()).doesNotContainAnyElementsOf(JavaClass.namesOf(classes));
+        }
+
         public void contain(Iterable<Class<?>> classes) {
+            List<String> expectedNames = JavaClass.namesOf(Lists.newArrayList(classes));
+            assertThat(actualNames()).as("actual classes").containsAll(expectedNames);
+        }
+
+        private Set<String> actualNames() {
             Set<String> actualNames = new HashSet<>();
             for (JavaClass javaClass : actual) {
                 actualNames.add(javaClass.getName());
             }
-            List<String> expectedNames = JavaClass.namesOf(Lists.newArrayList(classes));
-            assertThat(actualNames).as("actual classes").containsAll(expectedNames);
+            return actualNames;
         }
     }