diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ca1cfafa5..a096b0b1b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,3 +3,25 @@ universal = 1
 
 [sdist]
 formats = zip
+
+[aliases]
+test = pytest
+
+[tool:pytest]
+minversion = 2.8
+testpaths =
+    Lib/fontTools
+python_files =
+    *_test.py
+python_classes =
+    *Test
+addopts =
+    # run py.test in verbose mode
+    -v
+    # show extra test summary info
+    -r a
+    # run doctests in all .py modules
+    --doctest-modules
+    # py.test raises ImportError with inspect.py (requires pygtk) and with
+    # reportLabPen.py (reportlab). They don't have doctests, it's OK to skip.
+    --doctest-ignore-import-errors
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ec13335a3..65355b259 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -32,22 +32,3 @@ commands=
     # measure test coverage and upload report to coveralls
     py.test --cov
     coveralls
-
-[pytest]
-minversion = 2.8
-testpaths =
-    Lib/fontTools
-python_files =
-    *_test.py
-python_classes = 
-    *Test
-addopts =
-    # run py.test in verbose mode
-    -v
-    # show extra test summary info
-    -r a
-    # run doctests in all .py modules
-    --doctest-modules
-    # py.test raises ImportError with inspect.py (requires pygtk) and with
-    # reportLabPen.py (reportlab). They don't have doctests, it's OK to skip.
-    --doctest-ignore-import-errors