diff --git a/docs/guide/testrunner/organizesuite.md b/docs/guide/testrunner/organizesuite.md
index 4900165041a..eb8ac5c2505 100644
--- a/docs/guide/testrunner/organizesuite.md
+++ b/docs/guide/testrunner/organizesuite.md
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ or run multiple specs at once:
 $ wdio wdio.conf.js --spec ./test/specs/signup.js,./test/specs/forgot-password.js
 ```
 
+In case of a feature (Cucumber) you can specify a single scenario by adding a line number:
+
+```sh
+$ wdio wdio.conf.js --spec ./test/specs/login.feature:6
+```
+
 If the spec passed in is not a path to a spec file, it is used as a filter for the spec file names defined in your configuration file. To run all specs with the word 'dialog' in the spec file names, you could use:
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/lib/utils/ConfigParser.js b/lib/utils/ConfigParser.js
index 26349439d9f..4feeafee3fa 100644
--- a/lib/utils/ConfigParser.js
+++ b/lib/utils/ConfigParser.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import merge from 'deepmerge'
 import fs from 'fs'
-import path from 'path'
 import glob from 'glob'
-import merge from 'deepmerge'
+import path from 'path'
 
 import detectSeleniumBackend from '../helpers/detectSeleniumBackend'
 
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIGS = {
 }
 const FILE_EXTENSIONS = ['.js', '.ts', '.feature', '.coffee', '.es6']
 
+const FEATURE_FILE_SPEC_REGEX = /^(.+\.feature):[0-9]+$/
+
 class ConfigParser {
     constructor () {
         this._config = DEFAULT_CONFIGS
@@ -273,7 +275,18 @@ class ConfigParser {
         const filePathList = ConfigParser.getFilePaths(config)
 
         for (let file of fileList) {
-            if (fs.existsSync(file) && fs.lstatSync(file).isFile()) {
+            const match = file.match(FEATURE_FILE_SPEC_REGEX)
+            let filename
+            /*
+             * check whether a file is a feature file specifying a scenario by its line number
+             * if this is the case extract filename part
+             */
+            if (match) {
+                filename = match[1]
+            } else {
+                filename = file
+            }
+            if (fs.existsSync(filename) && fs.lstatSync(filename).isFile()) {
                 filesToFilter.add(path.resolve(process.cwd(), file))
                 continue
             }
@@ -309,15 +322,24 @@ class ConfigParser {
         }
 
         for (let pattern of patterns) {
-            let filenames = glob.sync(pattern)
-
-            filenames = filenames.filter(filename => FILE_EXTENSIONS.includes(path.extname(filename)))
-
-            filenames = filenames.map(filename =>
-                path.isAbsolute(filename) ? path.normalize(filename) : path.resolve(process.cwd(), filename))
-
-            if (filenames.length === 0 && !omitWarnings) {
-                console.warn('pattern', pattern, 'did not match any file')
+            let filenames
+            /*
+             * check whether a pattern is a feature file specifying a scenario by its line number
+             * if this is the case don't glob the pattern
+            */
+            if (pattern.match(FEATURE_FILE_SPEC_REGEX)) {
+                filenames = [path.isAbsolute(pattern) ? path.normalize(pattern) : path.resolve(process.cwd(), pattern)]
+            } else {
+                filenames = glob.sync(pattern)
+
+                filenames = filenames.filter(filename => FILE_EXTENSIONS.includes(path.extname(filename)))
+
+                filenames = filenames.map(filename =>
+                    path.isAbsolute(filename) ? path.normalize(filename) : path.resolve(process.cwd(), filename))
+
+                if (filenames.length === 0 && !omitWarnings) {
+                    console.warn('pattern', pattern, 'did not match any file')
+                }
             }
 
             files = merge(files, filenames, MERGE_OPTIONS)
diff --git a/test/spec/unit/configparser.js b/test/spec/unit/configparser.js
index 240d6bc531f..7f92d670718 100644
--- a/test/spec/unit/configparser.js
+++ b/test/spec/unit/configparser.js
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ describe('ConfigParser', () => {
         specs.should.include(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'functional/end.js'))
     })
 
+    it('should allow to specify a feature file with a scenario line number', () => {
+        let configParser = new ConfigParser()
+        configParser.addConfigFile(path.resolve(FIXTURES_PATH, 'exclude.conf.js'))
+        let featureFileSpec = path.resolve(FIXTURES_PATH, 'dummy.feature:6')
+        configParser.merge({ specs: featureFileSpec })
+        let specs = configParser.getSpecs()
+        specs.should.include(featureFileSpec)
+    })
+
     it('should throw when suite is not defined', () => {
         let configParser = new ConfigParser()
         configParser.addConfigFile(path.resolve(FIXTURES_PATH, 'exclude.conf.js'))