diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2254f0e73d..1b5a3be5b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 /.tox/
-/releases.egg-info/
+/*.egg-info/
 /.eggs/
 /AUTHORS
 /ChangeLog
 /doc/build/
 *~
 *.pyc
-/doc/source/teams/*.rst
\ No newline at end of file
+/doc/source/teams/*.rst
+/.coverage*
+/.testrepository/
+/cover/
diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1641f86e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_command=OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=1 OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=1 OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=60 ${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover -t ./ . $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
+test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
+test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cd5ee037f0..03dd887aca 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [metadata]
-name = releases
+name = openstack_releases
 summary = OpenStack Releases
 description-file =
     README.rst
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b71e0c4bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
+# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
+# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
+
+hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
+
+fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
+oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
+
+coverage>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
+
+# mocking framework
+mock>=2.0 # BSD
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c3cddb1eec..9cef2584a3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ setenv =
 # launchpadlib 0.0.1.dev533 requires lazr.restfulclient, which is
 # py2-only (as of lazr.restfulclient 0.13.1)
 basepython = python2.7
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+commands =
+  python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
+  coverage report --show-missing
 
 [testenv:validate]
 deps =