diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fceef13222..120b7fb8bd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ before_script:
 script:
     - make
     - make compress
-    - coverage run manage.py test -v 2
+    - coverage run py.test
 after_success:
     - coveralls
diff --git a/src/pytest.ini b/src/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a00918430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[pytest]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pretix.settings
+
diff --git a/src/requirements/testing.txt b/src/requirements/testing.txt
index 3e426d2bd9..82da817177 100644
--- a/src/requirements/testing.txt
+++ b/src/requirements/testing.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ flake8
 coveralls
 coverage
 selenium
+pytest
+pytest-django
 # PyVirtualDisplay
 # -e git+https://github.com/pretix/sauceclient.git@master#egg=sauceclient
 # travis