diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 454f1ecd479..003ec13270b 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = completion \
 	     config \
 	     fixtures \
 	     lib \
+	     setup.cfg \
 	     unit
 
 all:
diff --git a/test/setup.cfg b/test/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f68bc1fc1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[tool:pytest]
+minversion = 3.5