diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index d5081c7..a645b22 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
   if [ $with_testr -eq 1 ]; then
       testr_init
       ${wrapper} find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-      ${wrapper} testr run --parallel $noseargs
+      ${wrapper} testr run --parallel --subunit $noseargs | ${wrapper} subunit-2to1 | ${wrapper} tools/colorizer.py
   else
       ${wrapper} $NOSETESTS
   fi
diff --git a/tools/colorizer.py b/tools/colorizer.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..76a3bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/colorizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Nebula, Inc.
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+#
+# Colorizer Code is borrowed from Twisted:
+# Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Twisted Matrix Laboratories.
+#
+#    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+#    a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+#    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+#    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+#    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+#    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+#    the following conditions:
+#
+#    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+#    included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+#    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+#    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+#    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+#    NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+#    LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+#    OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+#    WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+"""Display a subunit stream through a colorized unittest test runner."""
+
+import heapq
+import subunit
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+import testtools
+
+
+class _AnsiColorizer(object):
+    """
+    A colorizer is an object that loosely wraps around a stream, allowing
+    callers to write text to the stream in a particular color.
+
+    Colorizer classes must implement C{supported()} and C{write(text, color)}.
+    """
+    _colors = dict(black=30, red=31, green=32, yellow=33,
+                   blue=34, magenta=35, cyan=36, white=37)
+
+    def __init__(self, stream):
+        self.stream = stream
+
+    def supported(cls, stream=sys.stdout):
+        """
+        A class method that returns True if the current platform supports
+        coloring terminal output using this method. Returns False otherwise.
+        """
+        if not stream.isatty():
+            return False  # auto color only on TTYs
+        try:
+            import curses
+        except ImportError:
+            return False
+        else:
+            try:
+                try:
+                    return curses.tigetnum("colors") > 2
+                except curses.error:
+                    curses.setupterm()
+                    return curses.tigetnum("colors") > 2
+            except Exception:
+                # guess false in case of error
+                return False
+    supported = classmethod(supported)
+
+    def write(self, text, color):
+        """
+        Write the given text to the stream in the given color.
+
+        @param text: Text to be written to the stream.
+
+        @param color: A string label for a color. e.g. 'red', 'white'.
+        """
+        color = self._colors[color]
+        self.stream.write('\x1b[%s;1m%s\x1b[0m' % (color, text))
+
+
+class _Win32Colorizer(object):
+    """
+    See _AnsiColorizer docstring.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, stream):
+        import win32console
+        red, green, blue, bold = (win32console.FOREGROUND_RED,
+                                  win32console.FOREGROUND_GREEN,
+                                  win32console.FOREGROUND_BLUE,
+                                  win32console.FOREGROUND_INTENSITY)
+        self.stream = stream
+        self.screenBuffer = win32console.GetStdHandle(
+            win32console.STD_OUT_HANDLE)
+        self._colors = {'normal': red | green | blue,
+                        'red': red | bold,
+                        'green': green | bold,
+                        'blue': blue | bold,
+                        'yellow': red | green | bold,
+                        'magenta': red | blue | bold,
+                        'cyan': green | blue | bold,
+                        'white': red | green | blue | bold}
+
+    def supported(cls, stream=sys.stdout):
+        try:
+            import win32console
+            screenBuffer = win32console.GetStdHandle(
+                win32console.STD_OUT_HANDLE)
+        except ImportError:
+            return False
+        import pywintypes
+        try:
+            screenBuffer.SetConsoleTextAttribute(
+                win32console.FOREGROUND_RED |
+                win32console.FOREGROUND_GREEN |
+                win32console.FOREGROUND_BLUE)
+        except pywintypes.error:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+    supported = classmethod(supported)
+
+    def write(self, text, color):
+        color = self._colors[color]
+        self.screenBuffer.SetConsoleTextAttribute(color)
+        self.stream.write(text)
+        self.screenBuffer.SetConsoleTextAttribute(self._colors['normal'])
+
+
+class _NullColorizer(object):
+    """
+    See _AnsiColorizer docstring.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, stream):
+        self.stream = stream
+
+    def supported(cls, stream=sys.stdout):
+        return True
+    supported = classmethod(supported)
+
+    def write(self, text, color):
+        self.stream.write(text)
+
+
+def get_elapsed_time_color(elapsed_time):
+    if elapsed_time > 1.0:
+        return 'red'
+    elif elapsed_time > 0.25:
+        return 'yellow'
+    else:
+        return 'green'
+
+
+class NovaTestResult(testtools.TestResult):
+    def __init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity):
+        super(NovaTestResult, self).__init__()
+        self.stream = stream
+        self.showAll = verbosity > 1
+        self.num_slow_tests = 10
+        self.slow_tests = []  # this is a fixed-sized heap
+        self.colorizer = None
+        # NOTE(vish): reset stdout for the terminal check
+        stdout = sys.stdout
+        sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+        for colorizer in [_Win32Colorizer, _AnsiColorizer, _NullColorizer]:
+            if colorizer.supported():
+                self.colorizer = colorizer(self.stream)
+                break
+        sys.stdout = stdout
+        self.start_time = None
+        self.last_time = {}
+        self.results = {}
+        self.last_written = None
+
+    def _writeElapsedTime(self, elapsed):
+        color = get_elapsed_time_color(elapsed)
+        self.colorizer.write("  %.2f" % elapsed, color)
+
+    def _addResult(self, test, *args):
+        try:
+            name = test.id()
+        except AttributeError:
+            name = 'Unknown.unknown'
+        test_class, test_name = name.rsplit('.', 1)
+
+        elapsed = (self._now() - self.start_time).total_seconds()
+        item = (elapsed, test_class, test_name)
+        if len(self.slow_tests) >= self.num_slow_tests:
+            heapq.heappushpop(self.slow_tests, item)
+        else:
+            heapq.heappush(self.slow_tests, item)
+
+        self.results.setdefault(test_class, [])
+        self.results[test_class].append((test_name, elapsed) + args)
+        self.last_time[test_class] = self._now()
+        self.writeTests()
+
+    def _writeResult(self, test_name, elapsed, long_result, color,
+                     short_result, success):
+        if self.showAll:
+            self.stream.write('    %s' % str(test_name).ljust(66))
+            self.colorizer.write(long_result, color)
+            if success:
+                self._writeElapsedTime(elapsed)
+            self.stream.writeln()
+        else:
+            self.colorizer.write(short_result, color)
+
+    def addSuccess(self, test):
+        super(NovaTestResult, self).addSuccess(test)
+        self._addResult(test, 'OK', 'green', '.', True)
+
+    def addFailure(self, test, err):
+        if test.id() == 'process-returncode':
+            return
+        super(NovaTestResult, self).addFailure(test, err)
+        self._addResult(test, 'FAIL', 'red', 'F', False)
+
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        super(NovaTestResult, self).addFailure(test, err)
+        self._addResult(test, 'ERROR', 'red', 'E', False)
+
+    def addSkip(self, test, reason=None, details=None):
+        super(NovaTestResult, self).addSkip(test, reason, details)
+        self._addResult(test, 'SKIP', 'blue', 'S', True)
+
+    def startTest(self, test):
+        self.start_time = self._now()
+        super(NovaTestResult, self).startTest(test)
+
+    def writeTestCase(self, cls):
+        if not self.results.get(cls):
+            return
+        if cls != self.last_written:
+            self.colorizer.write(cls, 'white')
+            self.stream.writeln()
+        for result in self.results[cls]:
+            self._writeResult(*result)
+        del self.results[cls]
+        self.stream.flush()
+        self.last_written = cls
+
+    def writeTests(self):
+        time = self.last_time.get(self.last_written, self._now())
+        if not self.last_written or (self._now() - time).total_seconds() > 2.0:
+            diff = 3.0
+            while diff > 2.0:
+                classes = self.results.keys()
+                oldest = min(classes, key=lambda x: self.last_time[x])
+                diff = (self._now() - self.last_time[oldest]).total_seconds()
+                self.writeTestCase(oldest)
+        else:
+            self.writeTestCase(self.last_written)
+
+    def done(self):
+        self.stopTestRun()
+
+    def stopTestRun(self):
+        for cls in list(self.results.iterkeys()):
+            self.writeTestCase(cls)
+        self.stream.writeln()
+        self.writeSlowTests()
+
+    def writeSlowTests(self):
+        # Pare out 'fast' tests
+        slow_tests = [item for item in self.slow_tests
+                      if get_elapsed_time_color(item[0]) != 'green']
+        if slow_tests:
+            slow_total_time = sum(item[0] for item in slow_tests)
+            slow = ("Slowest %i tests took %.2f secs:"
+                    % (len(slow_tests), slow_total_time))
+            self.colorizer.write(slow, 'yellow')
+            self.stream.writeln()
+            last_cls = None
+            # sort by name
+            for elapsed, cls, name in sorted(slow_tests,
+                                             key=lambda x: x[1] + x[2]):
+                if cls != last_cls:
+                    self.colorizer.write(cls, 'white')
+                    self.stream.writeln()
+                last_cls = cls
+                self.stream.write('    %s' % str(name).ljust(68))
+                self._writeElapsedTime(elapsed)
+                self.stream.writeln()
+
+    def printErrors(self):
+        if self.showAll:
+            self.stream.writeln()
+        self.printErrorList('ERROR', self.errors)
+        self.printErrorList('FAIL', self.failures)
+
+    def printErrorList(self, flavor, errors):
+        for test, err in errors:
+            self.colorizer.write("=" * 70, 'red')
+            self.stream.writeln()
+            self.colorizer.write(flavor, 'red')
+            self.stream.writeln(": %s" % test.id())
+            self.colorizer.write("-" * 70, 'red')
+            self.stream.writeln()
+            self.stream.writeln("%s" % err)
+
+
+test = subunit.ProtocolTestCase(sys.stdin, passthrough=None)
+
+if sys.version_info[0:2] <= (2, 6):
+    runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2)
+else:
+    runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2, resultclass=NovaTestResult)
+
+if runner.run(test).wasSuccessful():
+    exit_code = 0
+else:
+    exit_code = 1
+sys.exit(exit_code)