diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aad3d20..b62244d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ dist
 .*.sw*
 
 .testrepository/
+.stestr/
 .coverage.*
 cover/
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c135c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_path=$OS_TEST_PATH
+top_dir=./
+group_regex=monasca_notification\.tests(?:\.|_)([^_]+)