diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fddd66d..e03559c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # documentation
 doc/build
+
+# tests
+.tox
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8394725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[build_sphinx]
+source-dir = doc/source
+build-dir  = doc/build
+all_files  = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b908cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup()
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 715b65c..a6700f9 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme>=0.8
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 wsme
 oslosphinx
+nose
+flake8
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21ba7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[tox]
+minverson = 1.6
+skipsdist = True
+envlist = py27, pep8
+
+[testenv]
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+
+commands = nosetests
+
+[testenv:pep8]
+commands = flake8
+
+[testenv:venv]
+commands = {posargs}
+
+[flake8]
+exclude = .tox