diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91f8b244..8a7bbd61 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pip-delete-this-directory.txt
 htmlcov/
 .tox/
 .nox/
+.stestr/
 .coverage
 .coverage.*
 .cache
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bb1f40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_path=./eosc_perf/tests
+top_dir=./
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 39cc5bb0..c8fb6fb3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ commands = find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
 basepython = python3.8
 commands =
     {[testenv]commands}
-    pytest
+    stestr -v run {posargs}
 
 [testenv:pep8]
 envdir = {toxworkdir}/shared