diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84664978d..ed396bfd6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cover*
 *.egg
 *.egg-info
 .testrepository
+.stestr
 .tox
 ChangeLog
 MANIFEST
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7df73acb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_path=$OS_TEST_PATH
+top_dir=./
+group_regex=monasca_api\.tests(?:\.|_)([^_]+)