diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0c8f4548..70dd14f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ cover/
 *.egg-info
 .eggs/
 .testrepository/
+.stestr/
 .tox/
 ChangeLog
 MANIFEST
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6107277d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_path=$OS_TEST_PATH
+top_dir=./
+group_regex=monasca_log_api\.tests(?:\.|_)([^_]+)