diff --git a/tests/test_channel.py b/tests/test_channel.py
index 2651fcdad3..414135344c 100644
--- a/tests/test_channel.py
+++ b/tests/test_channel.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 __author__ = 'jcgregorio@google.com (Joe Gregorio)'
 
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 import datetime
 
 from googleapiclient import channel
diff --git a/tests/test_discovery.py b/tests/test_discovery.py
index 2627bdbc67..9ebf74d16d 100644
--- a/tests/test_discovery.py
+++ b/tests/test_discovery.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import os
 import pickle
 import sys
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 
 from googleapiclient.discovery import _fix_up_media_upload
 from googleapiclient.discovery import _fix_up_method_description
diff --git a/tests/test_errors.py b/tests/test_errors.py
index 0cef8923c2..9af84903d0 100644
--- a/tests/test_errors.py
+++ b/tests/test_errors.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 __author__ = 'afshar@google.com (Ali Afshar)'
 
 
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 import httplib2
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index b8136a5755..b47b9dc4fa 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import httplib2
 import logging
 import os
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 import random
 import time
 
diff --git a/tests/test_json_model.py b/tests/test_json_model.py
index 16c7eed37c..0de65134a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_json_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_json_model.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import copy
 import json
 import os
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 import httplib2
 import googleapiclient.model
 
diff --git a/tests/test_mocks.py b/tests/test_mocks.py
index 34cc8a9747..6ccc4277f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_mocks.py
+++ b/tests/test_mocks.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 import httplib2
 import os
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 
 from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
 from googleapiclient.errors import UnexpectedBodyError
diff --git a/tests/test_model.py b/tests/test_model.py
index 1d4819406d..6506cfc634 100644
--- a/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_model.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 __author__ = 'jcgregorio@google.com (Joe Gregorio)'
 
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 
 from googleapiclient.model import BaseModel
 from googleapiclient.model import makepatch
diff --git a/tests/test_protobuf_model.py b/tests/test_protobuf_model.py
index bcd71abc7a..465d12089c 100644
--- a/tests/test_protobuf_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_protobuf_model.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 __author__ = 'mmcdonald@google.com (Matt McDonald)'
 
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 import httplib2
 import googleapiclient.model
 
diff --git a/tests/test_schema.py b/tests/test_schema.py
index 127a517c60..c1216a57ed 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 
 from googleapiclient.schema import Schemas
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5a5dfbcbd6..1e868a0574 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ deps = keyring
        django
        webtest
        nose
+       unittest2
 setenv = PYTHONPATH=../google_appengine
 
 [testenv:py26]