diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56032d1..bfe2aa4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ __pycache__
 build/
 dist/
 .tox/
+.coverage
+coverage.xml
+htmlcov/
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f45b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[pytest]
+norecursedirs = build docs/_build *.egg .tox *.venv virtualenvs
+addopts =
+    # --verbose
+    --tb=short
+    # Turn on --capture to have brief, less noisy output
+    # You will only see output if the test fails
+    # Use --capture no if you want to see it all or have problems debugging
+    # --capture=fd
+    # --capture=no
+    # show extra test summary info as specified by chars (f)ailed, (E)error, (s)skipped, (x)failed, (X)passed.
+    -rfEsxX
+    # --junitxml=junit.xml
+    # --cov=pipdeptree --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html --cov-report=term-missing
diff --git a/tests/pipdeptree_tests.py b/tests/test_pipdeptree.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/pipdeptree_tests.py
rename to tests/test_pipdeptree.py
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c3c1844..2324d6e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 envlist = py27, py32
 
 [testenv]
-commands = nosetests tests/
+commands = py.test {posargs:--cov pipdeptree --cov-report xml --cov-report html --cov-report term-missing tests/}
 deps =
-    nose
+    pytest
+    pytest-cov