diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd944234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_command=${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover -t ./ ./nova/tests $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
+test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
+test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/nova/tests/hyperv/basetestcase.py b/nova/tests/hyperv/basetestcase.py
index 4458dbd9..c4f6cf95 100644
--- a/nova/tests/hyperv/basetestcase.py
+++ b/nova/tests/hyperv/basetestcase.py
@@ -43,9 +43,16 @@ class BaseTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         super(BaseTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
-        has_errors = len([test for (test, msgs) in self._currentResult.errors
+        # python-subunit will wrap test results with a decorator.
+        # Need to access the decorated member of results to get the
+        # actual test result when using python-subunit.
+        if hasattr(self._currentResult, 'decorated'):
+            result = self._currentResult.decorated
+        else:
+            result = self._currentResult
+        has_errors = len([test for (test, msgs) in result.errors
             if test.id() == self.id()]) > 0
-        failed = len([test for (test, msgs) in self._currentResult.failures
+        failed = len([test for (test, msgs) in result.failures
             if test.id() == self.id()]) > 0
 
         if not has_errors and not failed:
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_api.py b/nova/tests/test_api.py
index cf6e1de9..163afda7 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_api.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ try:
     from boto.connection import HTTPResponse
 except ImportError:
     from httplib import HTTPResponse
+import fixtures
 import webob
 
 from nova.api import auth
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.app = auth.InjectContext(ctxt, ec2.FaultWrapper(
                 ec2.RequestLogging(ec2.Requestify(ec2.Authorizer(ec2.Executor()
                                ), 'nova.api.ec2.cloud.CloudController'))))
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.FakeLogger('boto'))
 
     def expect_http(self, host=None, is_secure=False, api_version=None):
         """Returns a new EC2 connection"""
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_imagebackend.py b/nova/tests/test_imagebackend.py
index eca2267a..c1525906 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_imagebackend.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_imagebackend.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from nova.virt.libvirt import imagebackend
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 
-class _ImageTestCase(test.TestCase):
+class _ImageTestCase(object):
     INSTANCES_PATH = '/fake'
 
     def mock_create_image(self, image):
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class _ImageTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.mox.VerifyAll()
 
 
-class RawTestCase(_ImageTestCase):
+class RawTestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.TestCase):
 
     SIZE = 1024
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class RawTestCase(_ImageTestCase):
         self.mox.VerifyAll()
 
 
-class Qcow2TestCase(_ImageTestCase):
+class Qcow2TestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.TestCase):
     SIZE = 1024 * 1024 * 1024
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Qcow2TestCase(_ImageTestCase):
         self.mox.VerifyAll()
 
 
-class LvmTestCase(_ImageTestCase):
+class LvmTestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.TestCase):
     VG = 'FakeVG'
     TEMPLATE_SIZE = 512
     SIZE = 1024
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_virt_drivers.py b/nova/tests/test_virt_drivers.py
index 563b3a44..cd525d2a 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_virt_drivers.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_virt_drivers.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def catch_notimplementederror(f):
     return wrapped_func
 
 
-class _FakeDriverBackendTestCase(test.TestCase):
+class _FakeDriverBackendTestCase(object):
     def _setup_fakelibvirt(self):
         # So that the _supports_direct_io does the test based
         # on the current working directory, instead of the
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class _FakeDriverBackendTestCase(test.TestCase):
         super(_FakeDriverBackendTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
 
-class VirtDriverLoaderTestCase(_FakeDriverBackendTestCase):
+class VirtDriverLoaderTestCase(_FakeDriverBackendTestCase, test.TestCase):
     """Test that ComputeManager can successfully load both
     old style and new style drivers and end up with the correct
     final class"""
@@ -532,19 +532,19 @@ class _VirtDriverTestCase(_FakeDriverBackendTestCase):
         self.connection.remove_from_aggregate(self.ctxt, 'aggregate', 'host')
 
 
-class AbstractDriverTestCase(_VirtDriverTestCase):
+class AbstractDriverTestCase(_VirtDriverTestCase, test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.driver_module = "nova.virt.driver.ComputeDriver"
         super(AbstractDriverTestCase, self).setUp()
 
 
-class FakeConnectionTestCase(_VirtDriverTestCase):
+class FakeConnectionTestCase(_VirtDriverTestCase, test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.driver_module = 'nova.virt.fake.FakeDriver'
         super(FakeConnectionTestCase, self).setUp()
 
 
-class LibvirtConnTestCase(_VirtDriverTestCase):
+class LibvirtConnTestCase(_VirtDriverTestCase, test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         # Point _VirtDriverTestCase at the right module
         self.driver_module = 'nova.virt.libvirt.LibvirtDriver'
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_xenapi.py b/nova/tests/test_xenapi.py
index 575b4c02..c49664aa 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_xenapi.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_xenapi.py
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(stubs.XenAPITestBase):
         self.stubs.Set(vm_utils, '_safe_copy_vdi', fake_safe_copy_vdi)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        super(XenAPIVMTestCase, self).tearDown()
         fake_image.FakeImageService_reset()
+        super(XenAPIVMTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
     def test_init_host(self):
         session = xenapi_conn.XenAPISession('test_url', 'root', 'test_pass',