diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d88bc1e6f8f6..1abf4d9fe964 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ setup(name='nova',
                  'build_sphinx' : local_BuildDoc },
       packages=find_packages(exclude=['bin', 'smoketests']),
       include_package_data=True,
+      test_suite='nose.collector',
       scripts=['bin/nova-api',
                'bin/nova-compute',
                'bin/nova-dhcpbridge',