diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1817d1b9a6..5ab2e48380 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ AUTHORS
 ChangeLog
 tags
 ghostdriver.log
+.testrepository
diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bb24be364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_command=./run_tests.sh -N --no-pep8 --with-xunit
+test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
+test_list_option=--list