diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 24fdb3626..7dd0ad09b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ updates_key.pem
 *.mp4
 *.part
 test/testdata
+.tox
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53b461fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py26,py27,py33
+[testenv]
+deps = nose
+commands = nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=youtube_dl --cover-html --verbose test