diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 04c5890f3..514ad01f8 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import time
-import unittest
 
 import httplib2
 import mox
+import unittest2 as unittest
 
 from keystoneclient.v2_0 import client
 
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 5132a3477..af3712df4 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ nose
 pep8
 prettytable
 simplejson
+unittest2