diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 667aaf9e..63282cc1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ dist/
 *.py[co]
 .DS_Store
 *.log
+.testrepository
+subunit.log
 build
 swiftclient/versioninfo
 .autogenerated
diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..081907d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_command=${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover -t ./ ./tests $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
+test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
+test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/.unittests b/.unittests
index b977da43..47582963 100755
--- a/.unittests
+++ b/.unittests
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-nosetests --exe --with-coverage --cover-package swiftclient --cover-erase $@
-rvalue=$?
+python setup.py testr --coverage
+RET=$?
+coverage report
 rm -f .coverage
-exit $rvalue
+exit $RET
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ca5fb628..11c72013 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-[nosetests]
-cover-package = swiftclient
-cover-html = true
-cover-erase = true
-cover-inclusive = true
-verbosity=2
-detailed-errors=1
-where = tests
-
 [build_sphinx]
 source-dir = doc/source
 build-dir = doc/build
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9de50abf..beb6c239 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
         'Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)',
     ],
-    test_suite='nose.collector',
     scripts=[
         'bin/swift',
     ],
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
index eaaf9eb2..ea2ca29e 100644
--- a/tools/test-requires
+++ b/tools/test-requires
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 distribute>=0.6.24
 
+coverage
+discover
 eventlet
-nose
-nose-exclude
-nosehtmloutput
-nosexcover
-openstack.nose_plugin
 pep8==1.3
 python-keystoneclient
 sphinx>=1.1.2
+testrepository>=0.0.13
 testtools>=0.9.22
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 46411412..d1eb896d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ envlist = py26,py27,pep8
 
 [testenv]
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
-         NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=0.05
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=0.025
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
+         LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+         LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+         LC_ALL=C
+
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires
        -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires
-commands = nosetests
+commands = python setup.py testr --testr-args="{posargs}"
 
 [testenv:pep8]
 deps = pep8
@@ -20,23 +19,7 @@ commands = pep8 --repeat --show-source --exclude=openstack swiftclient setup.py
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:cover]
-commands = nosetests --cover-erase --cover-package=swiftclient --with-xcoverage
+commands = python setup.py testr --coverage
 
 [tox:jenkins]
 downloadcache = ~/cache/pip
-
-[testenv:jenkins26]
-basepython = python2.6
-setenv = NOSE_WITH_XUNIT=1
-
-[testenv:jenkins27]
-basepython = python2.7
-setenv = NOSE_WITH_XUNIT=1
-
-[testenv:jenkinscover]
-setenv = NOSE_WITH_XUNIT=1
-commands = nosetests --cover-erase --cover-package=swiftclient --with-xcoverage
-
-[testenv:jenkinsvenv]
-setenv = NOSE_WITH_XUNIT=1
-commands = {posargs}