diff --git a/kong/issues.py b/kong/issues.py
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+import re
+
+
+class KnownIssuesFinder(object):
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.count = 0
+        self._pattern = re.compile('# *KNOWN-ISSUE')
+
+    def find_known_issues(self, package):
+        for file in self._find_test_module_files(package):
+            self._count_known_issues(file)
+                
+    def _find_test_module_files(self, package):
+        for name in dir(package):
+            if name.startswith('test'):
+                module = getattr(package, name)
+                yield module.__file__
+
+    def _count_known_issues(self, file):
+        if file.endswith('.pyc') or file.endswith('.pyo'):
+            file = file[0:-1]
+        for line in open(file):
+            if self._pattern.search(line) is not None:
+                self.count += 1