diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index f8636c1..f995cde 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -108,6 +108,21 @@
   fi
 }
 
+function run_tests_nose {
+    NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
+    NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
+    NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=15.00
+    NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=3.00
+    NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
+    NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
+    if [[ "x$noseargs" =~ "tempest" ]]; then
+        noseargs="$testrargs"
+    else
+        noseargs="$noseargs tempest"
+    fi
+    ${wrapper} nosetests $noseargs
+}
+
 function run_pep8 {
   echo "Running pep8 ..."
   ${wrapper} flake8
@@ -162,7 +177,13 @@
     run_coverage_start
 fi
 
-run_tests
+
+py_version=`${wrapper} python --version 2>&1`
+if [[ $py_version =~ "2.6" ]] ; then
+    run_tests_nose
+else
+    run_tests
+fi
 retval=$?
 
 if [ $nova_coverage -eq 1 ]; then
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index dc8980d..471fecb 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -27,6 +27,29 @@
 commands =
   sh tools/pretty_tox.sh '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.(api|scenario|thirdparty|cli)) {posargs}'
 
+[testenv:py26-full]
+sitepackages = True
+setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+         NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=15
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=3
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
+commands =
+  nosetests --logging-format '%(asctime)-15s %(message)s' --with-xunit -sv --xunit-file=nosetests-full.xml tempest/api tempest/scenario tempest/thirdparty tempest/cli {posargs}
+
+[testenv:py26-smoke]
+setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=15
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=3
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
+         NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
+commands =
+  nosetests --logging-format '%(asctime)-15s %(message)s' --with-xunit -sv --attr=type=smoke --xunit-file=nosetests-smoke.xml tempest {posargs}
+
 [testenv:smoke]
 sitepackages = True
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}