diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78592723..3773aeac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ cover/
 .tox/
 *egg-info/
 .testrepository/
+.stestr/
 *.sample
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e54ba37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_path=${OS_TEST_PATH:-./monasca_persister/tests}
+top_dir=./
+group_regex=monasca_persister\.tests(?:\.|_)([^_]+)