diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e1a4740c..cb2e0a71a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ $ composer install --dev
 Then, run the following command:
 
 ```
-$ phpunit
+$ composer test
 ```
 
 You'll obtain some _skipped_ unit tests due to the need of API keys.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8122ff7f7..bd5fece6a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
     "autoload": {
         "psr-0": { "Geocoder": "src/" }
     },
+    "scripts": {
+        "test": "vendor/bin/phpunit"
+    },
     "extra": {
         "branch-alias": {
             "dev-master": "3.3-dev"