diff --git a/.regression.yml b/.regression.yml
index 342429b49..ff319d78f 100644
--- a/.regression.yml
+++ b/.regression.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ test_dirs:
 project:
  libtorrent
 
+branch:
+ trunk
+
 features:
  - variant=release asserts=production
  - statistics=on logging=verbose disk-stats=on bandwidth-limit-logging=on dht=logging
diff --git a/tools/parse_test_results.py b/tools/parse_test_results.py
index 7ce51960b..785d556b0 100755
--- a/tools/parse_test_results.py
+++ b/tools/parse_test_results.py
@@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ except:
 	print '.regression.yml not found in current directory'
 	sys.exit(1)
 cfg = yaml.load(cfg.read())
+
 if 'project' in cfg:
 	project_name = cfg['project']
 
+branch_name = 'trunk'
+if 'branch' in cfg:
+	branch_name = cfg['branch']
+
 os.chdir('regression_tests')
 
 def modification_time(file):
@@ -84,9 +89,11 @@ index_mtime = modification_time('index.html')
 
 latest_rev = 0
 
+
 for rev in os.listdir('.'):
 	try:
-		r = int(rev)
+		if not rev.startswith('%s-', branch_name): continue
+		r = int(rev[len(branch_name)+1:])
 		if r > latest_rev: latest_rev = r
 	except: pass
 
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ if latest_rev == 0:
 	print 'no test files found'
 	sys.exit(1)
 
-rev_dir = '%d' % latest_rev
+rev_dir = '%s-%d' % (branch_name, latest_rev)
 
 need_refresh = False
 
diff --git a/tools/run_regression_tests.py b/tools/run_regression_tests.py
index 6aecb6bb0..7c77e7b76 100644
--- a/tools/run_regression_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_regression_tests.py
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ def svn_up(revision):
 	os.system('svn up %d' % revision)
 
 def print_usage():
-	print '''usage: run_regression_tests.py remote-path [options] toolset [toolset...]
+	print '''usage: run_regression_tests.py [options] toolset [toolset...]
 
 toolset are bjam toolsets. For instance clang, gcc, darwin, msvc etc.
-remote-path is an scp path where the results are copied. This path has
-the form: user@hostname:/path
-if the remote-path is set to "-", no copying will be done
+The path "./regression_tests" is expected to be a shared folder
+between all testsers.
 
 options:
 
@@ -47,8 +46,6 @@ options:
 
 
 def loop():
-	remote_path = sys.argv[1]
-	root_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'regression_tests')
 
 	if len(sys.argv) < 3:
 		print_usage()
@@ -64,11 +61,8 @@ def loop():
 			print '\n\nREVISION %d ===\n' % r
 			svn_up(r)
 	
-			run_tests.main(sys.argv[2:])
+			run_tests.main(sys.argv[1:])
 	
-			if remote_path != '-':
-				os.system('scp -r %s %s' % (os.path.join(root_path, '%d' % r), remote_path))
-
 		time.sleep(120)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tools/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests.py
index 440e1618c..02c290c09 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests.py
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ def main(argv):
 	else:
 		configs = [['']]
 
+	branch_name = 'trunk'
+	if 'branch' in cfg:
+		branch_name = cfg['branch']
+
 	architecture = platform.machine()
 	build_platform = platform.system() + '-' + platform.release()
 
@@ -205,7 +209,7 @@ def main(argv):
 
 	tester_pool = Pool(processes=num_processes)
 
-	print '%d - %s - %s' % (revision, author, timestamp)
+	print '%s-%d - %s - %s' % (branch_name, revision, author, timestamp)
 
 	print 'toolsets: %s' % ' '.join(toolsets)
 #	print 'configs: %s' % '|'.join(configs)
@@ -216,12 +220,12 @@ def main(argv):
 		rev_dir = os.path.join(current_dir, 'regression_tests')
 		try: os.mkdir(rev_dir)
 		except: pass
-		rev_dir = os.path.join(rev_dir, '%d' % revision)
+		rev_dir = os.path.join(rev_dir, '%s-%d' % (branch_name, revision))
 		try: os.mkdir(rev_dir)
 		except: pass
 
 		for test_dir in test_dirs:
-			print 'running tests from "%s"' % test_dir
+			print 'running tests from "%s" in %s' % (test_dir, branch_name)
 			os.chdir(test_dir)
 			test_dir = os.getcwd()