diff --git a/src/Codeception/Command/Run.php b/src/Codeception/Command/Run.php
index 3fc3ef65b9..9e83f3bf0e 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Command/Run.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Command/Run.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use Codeception\Codecept;
 use Codeception\Configuration;
+use Codeception\Lib\GroupManager;
 use Codeception\Util\PathResolver;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
@@ -493,9 +494,20 @@ protected function matchSingleTest($suite, $config)
      */
     protected function runIncludedSuites($suites, $parent_dir)
     {
+        $defaultConfig = Configuration::config();
+        $absolutePath = \Codeception\Configuration::projectDir();
+
         foreach ($suites as $relativePath) {
             $current_dir = rtrim($parent_dir, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $relativePath;
             $config = Configuration::config($current_dir);
+
+            if (!empty($defaultConfig['groups'])) {
+                $groups = array_map(function($g) use ($absolutePath) {
+                    return $absolutePath . $g;
+                }, $defaultConfig['groups']);
+                Configuration::append(['groups' => $groups]);
+            }
+
             $suites = Configuration::suites();
 
             $namespace = $this->currentNamespace();
diff --git a/src/Codeception/Configuration.php b/src/Codeception/Configuration.php
index 687e150503..fc3fe2f2a6 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Configuration.php
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ class Configuration
      */
     protected static $dir = null;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string Directory of a base configuration file for the project with includes.
+     * @see self::projectDir()
+     */
+    protected static $baseDir = null;
+
     /**
      * @var string Current project output directory.
      */
@@ -158,6 +164,11 @@ public static function config($configFile = null)
         $dir = realpath(dirname($configFile));
         self::$dir = $dir;
 
+        // set the one default base directory for included setup
+        if (!self::$baseDir) {
+            self::$baseDir = $dir;
+        }
+
         $configDistFile = $dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'codeception.dist.yml';
 
         if (!(file_exists($configDistFile) || file_exists($configFile))) {
@@ -568,6 +579,17 @@ public static function projectDir()
         return self::$dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns path to the base dir for config which consists with included setup
+     * Returns path to `codeception.yml` which was executed.
+     * If config doesn't have "include" section the result is the same as `projectDir()`
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function baseDir()
+    {
+        return self::$baseDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Returns path to tests directory
diff --git a/src/Codeception/Lib/GroupManager.php b/src/Codeception/Lib/GroupManager.php
index 3910544c97..f1ecdf7469 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Lib/GroupManager.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Lib/GroupManager.php
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ class GroupManager
     protected $configuredGroups;
     protected $testsInGroups = [];
 
+    protected $rootDir;
+
+
     public function __construct(array $groups)
     {
+        $this->rootDir = Configuration::baseDir();
         $this->configuredGroups = $groups;
         $this->loadGroupsByPattern();
         $this->loadConfiguredGroupSettings();
@@ -42,12 +46,19 @@ protected function loadGroupsByPattern()
             if (strpos($group, '*') === false) {
                 continue;
             }
+            $path = dirname($pattern);
+            if (!\Codeception\Util\PathResolver::isPathAbsolute($pattern)) {
+                $path = $this->rootDir . $path;
+            }
+
             $files = Finder::create()->files()
                 ->name(basename($pattern))
                 ->sortByName()
-                ->in(Configuration::projectDir().dirname($pattern));
+                ->in($path);
 
             $i = 1;
+
+
             foreach ($files as $file) {
                 /** @var SplFileInfo $file * */
                 $this->configuredGroups[str_replace('*', $i, $group)] = dirname($pattern).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$file->getRelativePathname();
@@ -66,8 +77,15 @@ protected function loadConfiguredGroupSettings()
                     $file = str_replace(['/', '\\'], [DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR], $test);
                     $this->testsInGroups[$group][] = $this->normalizeFilePath($file, $group);
                 }
-            } elseif (is_file(Configuration::projectDir() . $tests)) {
-                $handle = @fopen(Configuration::projectDir() . $tests, "r");
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $path = $tests;
+            if (!codecept_is_path_absolute($tests)) {
+                $path = $this->rootDir . $tests;
+            }
+            if (is_file($path)) {
+                $handle = @fopen($path, "r");
                 if ($handle) {
                     while (($test = fgets($handle, 4096)) !== false) {
                         // if the current line is blank then we need to move to the next line
@@ -95,6 +113,8 @@ protected function loadConfiguredGroupSettings()
     private function normalizeFilePath($file, $group)
     {
         $pathParts = explode(':', $file);
+
+
         if (codecept_is_path_absolute($file)) {
             if ($file[0] === '/' && count($pathParts) > 1) {
                 //take segment before first :
@@ -110,12 +130,12 @@ private function normalizeFilePath($file, $group)
             $this->checkIfFileExists($file, $group);
             return realpath($file);
         } elseif (strpos($file, ':') === false) {
-            $dirtyPath = Configuration::projectDir() . $file;
+            $dirtyPath = $this->rootDir . $file;
             $this->checkIfFileExists($dirtyPath, $group);
             return realpath($dirtyPath);
         }
 
-        $dirtyPath = Configuration::projectDir() . $pathParts[0];
+        $dirtyPath = $this->rootDir . $pathParts[0];
         $this->checkIfFileExists($dirtyPath, $group);
         return sprintf('%s:%s', realpath($dirtyPath), $pathParts[1]);
     }
diff --git a/tests/cli/IncludedCest.php b/tests/cli/IncludedCest.php
index d1e4c2d8e2..46c5480f03 100644
--- a/tests/cli/IncludedCest.php
+++ b/tests/cli/IncludedCest.php
@@ -182,4 +182,15 @@ public function cleanIncluded(\CliGuy $I)
         $I->seeInShellOutput('Done');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @before moveToIncluded
+     * @param CliGuy $I
+     */
+    public function runIncludedGroup(\CliGuy $I)
+    {
+        $I->executeCommand("run -g group", false);
+        $I->dontSeeInShellOutput('No tests executed');
+        $I->seeInShellOutput('2 tests');
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/data/included/codeception.yml b/tests/data/included/codeception.yml
index 0b03891c7d..4d0b51b47e 100644
--- a/tests/data/included/codeception.yml
+++ b/tests/data/included/codeception.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ include:
   - jazz
   - jazz/pianist
   - shire
+
+groups:
+  group: group.txt
+
 paths:
   log: "_log"
 settings:
-  colors: false
\ No newline at end of file
+  colors: false
diff --git a/tests/data/included/group.txt b/tests/data/included/group.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f5e1f3484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/included/group.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+jazz/tests/unit/SimpleTest.php
diff --git a/tests/data/included/jazz/codeception.yml b/tests/data/included/jazz/codeception.yml
index ad7fe84d94..f9a9df6b4a 100644
--- a/tests/data/included/jazz/codeception.yml
+++ b/tests/data/included/jazz/codeception.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ paths:
     log: tests/_log
     data: tests/_data
     helpers: tests/_helpers
+bootstrap: functional/_bootstrap.php
 settings:
-    bootstrap: _bootstrap.php
     suite_class: \PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite
     colors: true
     memory_limit: 1024M
diff --git a/tests/data/included/jazz/pianist/codeception.yml b/tests/data/included/jazz/pianist/codeception.yml
index c9709c78bd..7afb023f23 100644
--- a/tests/data/included/jazz/pianist/codeception.yml
+++ b/tests/data/included/jazz/pianist/codeception.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ paths:
     log: tests/_log
     data: tests/_data
     helpers: tests/_helpers
+bootstrap: functional/_bootstrap.php
 settings:
-    bootstrap: _bootstrap.php
     suite_class: \PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite
     colors: true
     memory_limit: 1024M
diff --git a/tests/data/included/shire/codeception.yml b/tests/data/included/shire/codeception.yml
index 85e61da6b4..6d7612eb04 100644
--- a/tests/data/included/shire/codeception.yml
+++ b/tests/data/included/shire/codeception.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ paths:
     log: tests/_log
     data: tests/_data
     helpers: tests/_helpers
+bootstrap: functional/_bootstrap.php
 settings:
-    bootstrap: _bootstrap.php
     suite_class: \PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite
     colors: true
     memory_limit: 1024M