diff --git a/tools/bin/tbrun b/tools/bin/tbrun
index 89aac997..de6c3685 100755
--- a/tools/bin/tbrun
+++ b/tools/bin/tbrun
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
-# $Id: tbrun 1066 2018-11-10 11:21:53Z mueller $
+# $Id: tbrun 1069 2018-11-16 17:11:30Z mueller $
 #
 # Copyright 2016-2018 by Walter F.J. Mueller <W.F.J.Mueller@gsi.de>
 #
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #
 #  Revision History:
 # Date         Rev Version  Comment
+# 2018-11-16  1069   1.1.1  add --all
 # 2018-11-09  1066   1.1    add and use bailout; update exit code usage
 # 2017-04-15   875   1.0.1  add --help option
 # 2016-09-17   808   1.0    Initial version
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday);
 
 my %opts = ();
 
-GetOptions(\%opts, "tag=s@", "exclude=s@", "mode=s",
+GetOptions(\%opts, "tag=s@", "exclude=s@", "mode=s", "all",
            "jobs=i", "tee=s", "tmax=i", "dry", "trace",
            "nomake", "norun",
            "rlmon", "rbmon", "bwait=i", "swait=i",
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@ if (defined $opts{tee} && $opts{tee} ne '') {
     or bailout("failed to open for write '$opts{tee}': $!");
 }
 
+if ($opts{all}) {
+  bailout("-all not compatible with --tag options") if  defined $opts{tag};
+  $opts{tag}  = ['.*']
+}
+
 $opts{tag}  = ['default'] unless defined $opts{tag};
 $opts{mode} = 'bsim'      unless defined $opts{mode};
 
diff --git a/tools/man/man1/tbrun.1 b/tools/man/man1/tbrun.1
index 6bb784a6..8ca265e1 100644
--- a/tools/man/man1/tbrun.1
+++ b/tools/man/man1/tbrun.1
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 .\"  -*- nroff -*-
-.\"  $Id: tbrun.1 1065 2018-11-04 11:32:06Z mueller $
+.\"  $Id: tbrun.1 1069 2018-11-16 17:11:30Z mueller $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright 2016-2018 by Walter F.J. Mueller <W.F.J.Mueller@gsi.de>
 .\" 
 .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
-.TH TBRUN 1 2018-11-03 "Retro Project" "Retro Project Manual"
+.TH TBRUN 1 2018-11-16 "Retro Project" "Retro Project Manual"
 .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------
 .SH NAME
 tbrun \- test bench driver
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ separated list, a test which matches all the tags given is excluded.
 In effect, a test is rejected if it matches all tags in the \fItlist\fR of 
 one of the specified \fB\-\-exclude\fP options.
 .
+.\" -- --all -------------------------------------
+.IP \fB\-\-all\fR
+is simply a shortcut for \fB\-\-tag=".*"\fR and selects all tags. Can be
+combined with \fB\-\-exclude\fP but not with other \fB\-\-tag\P options.
+.
 .\" -- --mode ------------------------------------
 .IP \fB\-\-mode=\fImlist\fR
 determines the simulation engine and the type of simulation. Can be a