diff --git a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/AbstractTestRunner.cs b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/AbstractTestRunner.cs
index 61d95260d..f4fe3fbf3 100644
--- a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/AbstractTestRunner.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/AbstractTestRunner.cs
@@ -80,14 +80,10 @@ public bool IsPackageLoaded
         protected abstract TestEngineResult LoadPackage();
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Reload the currently loaded test package. Overridden
-        /// in derived classes to take any additional action.
+        /// Reload the currently loaded test package.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>A TestEngineResult.</returns>
-        protected virtual TestEngineResult ReloadPackage()
-        {
-            return LoadPackage();
-        }
+        protected abstract TestEngineResult ReloadPackage();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Unload any loaded TestPackage. Overridden in
diff --git a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/AggregatingTestRunner.cs b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/AggregatingTestRunner.cs
index 5540c38c5..76197b6cf 100644
--- a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/AggregatingTestRunner.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/AggregatingTestRunner.cs
@@ -122,6 +122,20 @@ protected override TestEngineResult LoadPackage()
             return ResultHelper.Merge(results);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reload the currently loaded test package.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A TestEngineResult.</returns>
+        protected override TestEngineResult ReloadPackage()
+        {
+            var results = new List<TestEngineResult>();
+
+            foreach (var runner in Runners)
+                results.Add(runner.Reload());
+
+            return ResultHelper.Merge(results);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Unload any loaded TestPackages.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/DirectTestRunner.cs b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/DirectTestRunner.cs
index 6dd2aaf90..f369afbb9 100644
--- a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/DirectTestRunner.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/DirectTestRunner.cs
@@ -157,6 +157,21 @@ protected override TestEngineResult LoadPackage()
             return result;
         }
 
+        protected override TestEngineResult ReloadPackage()
+        {
+            var result = new TestEngineResult();
+            var packages = TestPackage.Select(p => !p.HasSubPackages());
+
+            int index = 0;
+            foreach (IFrameworkDriver driver in _drivers)
+            {
+                var package = packages[index++];
+                result.Add(driver.Load(package.FullName, package.Settings));
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
         private static string LoadDriver(IFrameworkDriver driver, string testFile, TestPackage subPackage)
         {
             try
diff --git a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/ProcessRunner.cs b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/ProcessRunner.cs
index 6c28afcf7..f6614aa9f 100644
--- a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/ProcessRunner.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit.engine/Runners/ProcessRunner.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ protected override TestEngineResult LoadPackage()
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reload the currently loaded test package.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A TestEngineResult.</returns>
+        protected override TestEngineResult ReloadPackage()
+        {
+            log.Info("Reloading " + TestPackage.Name);
+
+            return _remoteRunner.Reload();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Unload any loaded TestPackage and clear
         /// the reference to the remote runner.