diff --git a/refstack/tests/unit/test_migration.py b/refstack/tests/unit/test_migration.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fdfb9b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/refstack/tests/unit/test_migration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Mirantis, Inc.
+# 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.
+
+"""Tests for refstack's migrations."""
+
+import alembic
+import mock
+from oslotest import base
+
+from refstack.db import migration
+
+
+class MigrationTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
+    """Test case for alembic's migrations API."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(MigrationTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.config_patcher = mock.patch(
+            'refstack.db.migrations.alembic.migration._alembic_config')
+        self.config = self.config_patcher.start()
+        self.config.return_value = 'fake_config'
+        self.addCleanup(self.config_patcher.stop)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(alembic.migration.MigrationContext, 'configure',
+                       mock.Mock())
+    def test_version(self):
+        context = mock.Mock()
+        context.get_current_revision = mock.Mock()
+        alembic.migration.MigrationContext.configure.return_value = context
+        with mock.patch('refstack.db.sqlalchemy.api.get_engine') as get_engine:
+            engine = mock.Mock()
+            engine.connect = mock.MagicMock()
+            get_engine.return_value = engine
+            migration.version()
+            context.get_current_revision.assert_called_once_with()
+            engine.connect.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    @mock.patch('alembic.command.upgrade')
+    def test_upgrade(self, upgrade):
+        migration.upgrade('some_revision')
+        upgrade.assert_called_once_with('fake_config', 'some_revision')
+
+    @mock.patch('alembic.command.upgrade')
+    def test_upgrade_without_revision(self, upgrade):
+        migration.upgrade(None)
+        upgrade.assert_called_once_with('fake_config', 'head')
+
+    @mock.patch('alembic.command.downgrade')
+    def test_downgrade(self, downgrade):
+        migration.downgrade('some_revision')
+        downgrade.assert_called_once_with('fake_config', 'some_revision')
+
+    @mock.patch('alembic.command.downgrade')
+    def test_downgrade_without_revision(self, downgrade):
+        migration.downgrade(None)
+        downgrade.assert_called_once_with('fake_config', 'base')
+
+    @mock.patch('alembic.command.stamp')
+    def test_stamp(self, stamp):
+        migration.stamp('some_revision')
+        stamp.assert_called_once_with('fake_config', 'some_revision')
+
+    @mock.patch('alembic.command.stamp')
+    def test_stamp_without_revision(self, stamp):
+        migration.stamp(None)
+        stamp.assert_called_once_with('fake_config', 'head')
+
+    @mock.patch('alembic.command.revision')
+    def test_revision(self, revision):
+        migration.revision('some_message', True)
+        revision.assert_called_once_with('fake_config', 'some_message', True)
diff --git a/refstack/tests/unit/tests.py b/refstack/tests/unit/tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b2202f2..00000000
--- a/refstack/tests/unit/tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#
-#    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.
-#
-import unittest
-
-
-class TestSequenceFunctions(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def test_nothing(self):
-        # make sure the shuffled sequence does not lose any elements
-        pass
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f79db9af..3106314a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pep8==1.5.7
 pyflakes==0.8.1
 flake8==2.2.4
+mock
 oslotest>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 testrepository>=0.0.18
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index da707424..3e37dbf5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          LC_ALL=C
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-commands = python setup.py testr --testr-args='{posargs}'
+commands = python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 distribute = false
 
 [testenv:py27-func-mysql]