diff --git a/junit-vintage-engine/src/main/java/org/junit/vintage/engine/VintageTestEngine.java b/junit-vintage-engine/src/main/java/org/junit/vintage/engine/VintageTestEngine.java
index be13d89580a7..56181b8b3b1b 100644
--- a/junit-vintage-engine/src/main/java/org/junit/vintage/engine/VintageTestEngine.java
+++ b/junit-vintage-engine/src/main/java/org/junit/vintage/engine/VintageTestEngine.java
@@ -15,9 +15,17 @@
 import static org.junit.vintage.engine.descriptor.VintageTestDescriptor.ENGINE_ID;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.apiguardian.api.API;
+import org.junit.platform.commons.logging.Logger;
+import org.junit.platform.commons.logging.LoggerFactory;
 import org.junit.platform.engine.EngineDiscoveryRequest;
 import org.junit.platform.engine.EngineExecutionListener;
 import org.junit.platform.engine.ExecutionRequest;
@@ -37,6 +45,11 @@
 @API(status = INTERNAL, since = "4.12")
 public final class VintageTestEngine implements TestEngine {
 
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(VintageTestEngine.class);
+
+	private static final int DEFAULT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE = 10;
+	private static final int SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60;
+
 	@Override
 	public String getId() {
 		return ENGINE_ID;
@@ -75,11 +88,71 @@ public void execute(ExecutionRequest request) {
 
 	private void executeAllChildren(VintageEngineDescriptor engineDescriptor,
 			EngineExecutionListener engineExecutionListener) {
+		boolean parallelExecutionEnabled = getParallelExecutionEnabled();
+
+		if (parallelExecutionEnabled) {
+			executeInParallel(engineDescriptor, engineExecutionListener);
+		}
+		else {
+			executeSequentially(engineDescriptor, engineExecutionListener);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void executeInParallel(VintageEngineDescriptor engineDescriptor,
+			EngineExecutionListener engineExecutionListener) {
+		int taskCount = engineDescriptor.getChildren().size();
+		CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(taskCount);
+
+		ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newWorkStealingPool(getThreadPoolSize());
+		RunnerExecutor runnerExecutor = new RunnerExecutor(engineExecutionListener);
+
+		List<TestDescriptor> children = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>(engineDescriptor.getModifiableChildren());
+		for (TestDescriptor descriptor : children) {
+			RunnerTestDescriptor testDescriptor = (RunnerTestDescriptor) descriptor;
+			executorService.submit(() -> {
+				try {
+					runnerExecutor.execute(testDescriptor);
+				}
+				catch (Exception e) {
+					engineExecutionListener.executionSkipped(testDescriptor, e.getMessage());
+				}
+				finally {
+					latch.countDown();
+				}
+			});
+		}
+		try {
+			if (!latch.await(SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+				logger.warn(() -> "Timeout while waiting for parallel test execution to finish");
+			}
+		}
+		catch (InterruptedException e) {
+			logger.warn(e, () -> "Interrupted while awaiting executor service termination");
+			Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+		}
+		finally {
+			executorService.shutdown();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void executeSequentially(VintageEngineDescriptor engineDescriptor,
+			EngineExecutionListener engineExecutionListener) {
 		RunnerExecutor runnerExecutor = new RunnerExecutor(engineExecutionListener);
-		for (Iterator<TestDescriptor> iterator = engineDescriptor.getModifiableChildren().iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+		Iterator<TestDescriptor> iterator = engineDescriptor.getModifiableChildren().iterator();
+		while (iterator.hasNext()) {
 			runnerExecutor.execute((RunnerTestDescriptor) iterator.next());
 			iterator.remove();
 		}
 	}
 
+	private boolean getParallelExecutionEnabled() {
+		// get parallel execution enabled from configuration
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private int getThreadPoolSize() {
+		// get thread pool size from configuration
+		return DEFAULT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE;
+	}
+
 }