diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e2c61af489..f6a5c338f9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 [tox]
+minversion = 1.6
 envlist = py26,py27,py33,pep8
+skipdist = True
 
 [testenv]
+usedevelop = True
+install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          LANG=en_US.UTF-8
          LANGUAGE=en_US:en
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ commands = flake8
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:cover]
-commands = python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
+commands = python setup.py test --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [tox:jenkins]
 downloadcache = ~/cache/pip