diff --git a/lib/karma-parallelizer.js b/lib/karma-parallelizer.js
index 5073943..f4563d5 100644
--- a/lib/karma-parallelizer.js
+++ b/lib/karma-parallelizer.js
@@ -8,10 +8,21 @@ function initKarmaParallelizer(root, shardIndexInfo) {
     return;
   }
 
-  const overrideSpecSuite = getSpecSuiteOverrider(shardIndexInfo);
-  ['describe', 'ddescribe', 'fdescribe'].forEach(function(methodName) {
-    replaceMethod(root, methodName, overrideSpecSuite);
+  const strategy = getSpecSuiteStrategy(shardIndexInfo);
+  const overrideSpecSuite = createSpecSuiteOverrider(strategy);
+
+  // Mocha uses describe.only|skip
+  // Jasmine uses fdescribe|ddescribe|xdescribe
+
+  replaceMethod(root, 'describe', function(method) {
+    const overriden = overrideSpecSuite(method);
+    replaceMethod(overriden, 'only', overrideSpecSuite);
+    replaceMethod(overriden, 'skip', overrideSpecSuite);
+    return overriden;
   });
+  replaceMethod(root, 'xdescribe', overrideSpecSuite);
+  replaceMethod(root, 'fdescribe', overrideSpecSuite);
+  replaceMethod(root, 'ddescribe', overrideSpecSuite);
 }
 
 function replaceMethod(root, methodName, overrider) {
@@ -35,23 +46,23 @@ function replaceMethod(root, methodName, overrider) {
   }
 }
 
-function getSpecSuiteOverrider(shardIndexInfo) {
+function getSpecSuiteStrategy(shardIndexInfo) {
   switch (shardIndexInfo.shardStrategy) {
   case 'description-length':
-    return createDescriptionLengthSpecSuiteOverrider(shardIndexInfo);
+    return createDescriptionLengthStragegy(shardIndexInfo);
   case 'round-robin':
     /* falls through */
   default:
-    return createRoundRobinBasedSpecSuiteOverrider(shardIndexInfo);
+    return createRoundRobinStrategy(shardIndexInfo);
   }
 }
 
-function createDescriptionLengthSpecSuiteOverrider({shardIndex, executors}) {
+function createSpecSuiteOverrider(strategy) {
   let depth = 0;
   return function overrideSpecSuite(origDescribe) {
     return function(description, specDefinitions) {
-      // If we are a top-level describe but our description doesn't match our responsibility, skip it
-      if (depth === 0 && description.length % executors !== shardIndex) {
+      // If we are a top-level, ask our strategy if we should be interested in this suite
+      if (depth === 0 && !strategy(description, specDefinitions)) {
         // console.log('[skipping]', description);
       } else {
         origDescribe(description, function() {
@@ -64,23 +75,18 @@ function createDescriptionLengthSpecSuiteOverrider({shardIndex, executors}) {
   };
 }
 
-function createRoundRobinBasedSpecSuiteOverrider({shardIndex, executors}) {
-  let depth = 0;
-  let count = 0;
+function createDescriptionLengthStragegy({shardIndex, executors}) {
+  return function overrideSpecSuite(description/*, specDefinitions*/) {
+    return description.length % executors === shardIndex;
+  };
+}
 
-  return function overrideSpecSuite(origDescribe) {
-    return function(description, specDefinitions) {
-      // If we are a top-level describe but our description doesn't match our responsibility, skip it
-      if (depth === 0 && count++ % executors !== shardIndex) {
-        // console.log('[skipping]', description);
-      } else {
-        origDescribe(description, function() {
-          depth++;
-          specDefinitions();
-          depth--;
-        });
-      }
-    };
+function createRoundRobinStrategy({shardIndex, executors}) {
+  // Increment the count on each top level describe to determine 
+  // round-robin responsibility
+  let count = 0;
+  return function(/*description, specDefinitions*/) {
+    return count++ % executors === shardIndex;
   };
 }