diff --git a/test/test_t1.py b/test/test_t1.py
index 75f794db11..6ba8c416e3 100644
--- a/test/test_t1.py
+++ b/test/test_t1.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 import numpy as np
+from qiskit.test import QiskitTestCase
 from qiskit.providers import BaseBackend
 from qiskit.providers.models import QasmBackendConfiguration
 from qiskit.result import Result
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ def run(self, qobj):
         return Result.from_dict(result)
 
 
-class TestT1(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestT1(QiskitTestCase):
     """
     Test measurement of T1
     """