diff --git a/designateclient/tests/__init__.py b/designateclient/tests/__init__.py
index e69de29..19f5e72 100644
--- a/designateclient/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/designateclient/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
diff --git a/designateclient/tests/base.py b/designateclient/tests/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e93268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/designateclient/tests/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2010-2011 OpenStack Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import os
+
+import fixtures
+import testtools
+
+_TRUE_VALUES = ('True', 'true', '1', 'yes')
+
+
+class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
+
+    """Test case base class for all unit tests."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Run before each test method to initialize test environment."""
+
+        super(TestCase, self).setUp()
+        test_timeout = os.environ.get('OS_TEST_TIMEOUT', 0)
+        try:
+            test_timeout = int(test_timeout)
+        except ValueError:
+            # If timeout value is invalid do not set a timeout.
+            test_timeout = 0
+        if test_timeout > 0:
+            self.useFixture(fixtures.Timeout(test_timeout, gentle=True))
+
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.NestedTempfile())
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.TempHomeDir())
+
+        if os.environ.get('OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE') in _TRUE_VALUES:
+            stdout = self.useFixture(fixtures.StringStream('stdout')).stream
+            self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('sys.stdout', stdout))
+        if os.environ.get('OS_STDERR_CAPTURE') in _TRUE_VALUES:
+            stderr = self.useFixture(fixtures.StringStream('stderr')).stream
+            self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('sys.stderr', stderr))
+
+        self.log_fixture = self.useFixture(fixtures.FakeLogger())
diff --git a/designateclient/tests/test_designateclient.py b/designateclient/tests/test_designateclient.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e194005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/designateclient/tests/test_designateclient.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+"""
+test_designateclient
+----------------------------------
+
+Tests for `designateclient` module.
+"""
+
+from designateclient.tests import base
+
+
+class DummyTestCase(base.TestCase):
+
+    def test_dummy(self):
+        pass