diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 493101673a07d4dcc1b8c3d2036d58c82bb6f244..ec7bbe969f501063a1d9e2f20e521cef6106c14e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # content of: tox.ini , put in same dir as setup.py
 [tox]
 envlist = py38
+
+[testenv]
+deps = pytest
 commands =
-    pytest
\ No newline at end of file
+    pytest