diff --git a/reqs.txt b/reqs.txt
index 8ff5846..31f7773 100644
--- a/reqs.txt
+++ b/reqs.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-requests=0.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
+requests=0.3.0
+unittest2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_convore.py b/test_convore.py
index 2812a1d..b966cc2 100644
--- a/test_convore.py
+++ b/test_convore.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     Convore test suite.
 
     Looks for authentication in 'CONVORE_NAME' and
-    'CONVORE_PASS' environment variables.
+    'CONVORE_PASS' environment variables for configuration.
 
     :copyright: (c) 2011 by Kenneth Reitz.
     :license: ISC, see LICENSE for more details.
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 
 import os
-import unittest
+
+import unittest2 as unittest
 
 import convore
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6068749..9c66a11 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ commands=py.test --junitxml=junit-{envname}.xml
 deps = 
     simplejson
     pytest
+    unittest2
     requests==0.3.0
     
 [testenv:pypy]