diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1641f86e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_command=OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=1 OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=1 OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=60 ${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover -t ./ . $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
+test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
+test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 340d2ab33..bdd3e93ed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ docutils==0.9.1
 oslosphinx
 pbr>=0.6,<1.0
 sphinx>=1.1.2,<1.2
+testrepository>=0.0.18
+testtools>=0.9.34
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/test_titles.py b/tests/test_titles.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5596d0aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_titles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import glob
+
+import docutils.core
+import testtools
+
+
+class TestTitles(testtools.TestCase):
+    def _get_title(self, section_tree):
+        section = {
+            'subtitles': [],
+        }
+        for node in section_tree:
+            if node.tagname == 'title':
+                section['name'] = node.rawsource
+            elif node.tagname == 'section':
+                subsection = self._get_title(node)
+                section['subtitles'].append(subsection['name'])
+        return section
+
+    def _get_titles(self, spec):
+        titles = {}
+        for node in spec:
+            if node.tagname == 'section':
+                section = self._get_title(node)
+                titles[section['name']] = section['subtitles']
+        return titles
+
+    def _check_titles(self, titles):
+        self.assertEqual(7, len(titles))
+
+        problem = 'Problem description'
+        self.assertIn(problem, titles)
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(titles[problem]))
+
+        proposed = 'Proposed change'
+        self.assertIn(proposed, titles)
+        self.assertEqual(9, len(titles[proposed]))
+        self.assertIn('Alternatives', titles[proposed])
+        self.assertIn('Data model impact', titles[proposed])
+        self.assertIn('REST API impact', titles[proposed])
+        self.assertIn('Security impact', titles[proposed])
+        self.assertIn('Notifications impact', titles[proposed])
+        self.assertIn('Other end user impact', titles[proposed])
+        self.assertIn('Performance Impact', titles[proposed])
+        self.assertIn('Other deployer impact', titles[proposed])
+        self.assertIn('Developer impact', titles[proposed])
+
+        impl = 'Implementation'
+        self.assertIn(impl, titles)
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(titles[impl]))
+        self.assertIn('Assignee(s)', titles[impl])
+        self.assertIn('Work Items', titles[impl])
+
+        deps = 'Dependencies'
+        self.assertIn(deps, titles)
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(titles[deps]))
+
+        testing = 'Testing'
+        self.assertIn(testing, titles)
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(titles[testing]))
+
+        docs = 'Documentation Impact'
+        self.assertIn(docs, titles)
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(titles[docs]))
+
+        refs = 'References'
+        self.assertIn(refs, titles)
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(titles[refs]))
+
+    def test_template(self):
+        files = ['specs/template.rst'] + glob.glob('specs/*/*.rst')
+        for filename in files:
+            with open(filename) as f:
+                data = f.read()
+            spec = docutils.core.publish_doctree(data)
+            titles = self._get_titles(spec)
+            self._check_titles(titles)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index aacefbec6..b92724b3d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 1.6
-envlist = docs
+envlist = docs,py27
 skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ usedevelop = True
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+commands = python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}