diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b25c15b..656e87e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *~
+.tox
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20ecbaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[tox]
+minversion = 1.6
+skipsdist = True
+envlist = bashate
+
+[testenv]
+usedevelop = False
+install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
+
+[testenv:bashate]
+deps = bashate
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands = bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
+         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \ # prune all 'dot' dirs
+         -not \( -type d -name doc -prune \)  \ # skip documentation
+         -type f                              \ # only files
+         -not -name \*~                       \ # skip editors, readme, etc
+         -not -name \*.md                     \
+         \(                                   \
+          -name \*.sh -or                     \
+          -name \*rc -or                      \
+          -name functions\* -or               \
+          -wholename \*/lib/\*                \ # /lib files are shell, but
+         \)                                   \ #   have no extension
+         -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"