diff --git a/dev-python/python-jose/python-jose-3.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/python-jose/python-jose-3.0.1.ebuild
index e304330420f54..73f6c9b800c27 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-jose/python-jose-3.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-jose/python-jose-3.0.1.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		dev-python/pytest-cov[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)"
 
-python_test() {
-	esetup.py test || die "tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+python_prepare_all() {
+	sed -e 's|'\''pytest-runner'\'',\?||' -i setup.py || die
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	py.test -v || die "tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
 }