diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9b568f7..ffd31496 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 *.pyc
 *.swp
+.coverage
+src/
+pip-log.txt
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 27f88980..5a9c38e0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -92,3 +92,16 @@ To start mopidy, go to the root of the mopidy project, then simply run::
 
 To stop mopidy, press ``CTRL+C``.
 
+
+Running tests
+-------------
+
+To run tests, you need a couple of dependiencies which can be installed using
+pip::
+
+    pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+
+Then, to run all tests::
+
+    python tests
+
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0342fb1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+coverage
+-e bzr+http://liw.iki.fi/bzr/coverage-test-runner/trunk/#egg=CoverageTestRunner
diff --git a/tests/__main__.py b/tests/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecf863bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from CoverageTestRunner import CoverageTestRunner
+
+sys.path.insert(0,
+    os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../')))
+
+def main():
+    r = CoverageTestRunner()
+    r.add_pair('mopidy/handler.py', 'tests/handlertest.py')
+    r.run()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/handlertest.py b/tests/handlertest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db402ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/handlertest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import unittest
+
+class HandlerTest(unittest.TestSuite):
+    def setUp():
+        pass
+
+    def testEverythingOk():
+        pass