diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,18 @@ To start environment services:
 
     bin/circusd --daemon
 
-To to run openprocurement.api instance:
+To run openprocurement.api instance:
 
     bin/pserve etc/openprocurement.api.ini
 
+To run tests:
+
+    bin/python run_tests.py
+    
+To print packages that will be tested to console:
+
+    bin/python run_tests.py --list-packages
+    
+To specify groups of packages that should be tested:
+
+    bin/python run_tests.py openprocurement
diff --git a/run_tests.py b/run_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e528d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+"""
+Example of usage:
+
+bin/python run_tests.py                      run tests for packages groups specified in DEFAULT_PACKAGES
+bin/python run_tests.py openprocurement      specify packages groups to run tests for
+bin/python run_tests.py --list-packages      show packages that will be tested without actually running them
+"""
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
+
+import nose
+
+DEFAULT_PACKAGES = ['openprocurement']  # default groups of packages that should be tested
+NOSE_ENV = {
+    "NOSE_WITH_XUNIT": 1,
+    "NOSE_WITH_COVERAGE": 1,
+    "NOSE_COVER_PACKAGE": [],
+    "NOSE_COVER_ERASE": 1,
+    "NOSE_COVER_HTML": 1,
+    "NOSE_PROCESSES": 0,
+    "NOSE_WITH_DOCTEST": 1,
+    "NOSE_NOCAPTURE": 1,
+    "NOSE_VERBOSE": 1,
+}
+os.environ['PYTEST_ADDOPTS'] = '--ignore=src/ --junitxml=pytest.xml'
+
+
+def get_tests(packages, test_type):
+    """
+    Collect tests from entry points of specified packages.
+    :param packages: list of strings, which are representing groups of packages that should be tested.
+    :param test_type: 'tests' or 'pytests' for unittest TestCases and pytest test respectively.
+    :return: test suites collected from entry points;
+             list of strings, which are representing packages that will be tested.
+    """
+    tested_packages = list()
+    all_tests = list()
+    for pack in packages:
+        for entry_point in iter_entry_points(group='{}.{}'.format(pack, test_type)):
+            package_name = '{}.{}'.format(pack, entry_point.name)
+            tested_packages.append(package_name)
+            suite = entry_point.load()
+            if test_type == 'tests':
+                for tests in suite():
+                    all_tests.extend(tests)
+            elif test_type == 'pytests':
+                all_tests.append(suite)
+    return all_tests, tested_packages
+
+
+def setup_logger():
+    logger = logging.getLogger('console_output')
+    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    console_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    logger.addHandler(console_handler)
+    return logger
+
+
+def list_packages(cover_packages, pytest_packages, logger):
+    """
+    Print to console names of packages that will be tested, without running tests.
+    """
+    if cover_packages:
+        logger.info('NOSETESTS:')
+        for p in cover_packages:
+            logger.info("> {}".format(p))
+    if pytest_packages:
+        logger.info('PYTESTS:')
+        for p in pytest_packages:
+            logger.info("> {}".format(p))
+
+
+def run():
+    logger = setup_logger()
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Test some packages.')
+    parser.add_argument('packages', metavar='P', type=str, nargs='*',
+                        help='name of packages to test', default=DEFAULT_PACKAGES)
+    parser.add_argument('--list-packages', dest='list_packages', action='store_const',
+                        const=True, default=False,
+                        help='List packages that can be tested')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    unique_packages = set(args.packages)
+    nose_tests, cover_packages = get_tests(unique_packages, 'tests')
+    pytests, pytest_packages = get_tests(unique_packages, 'pytests')
+    if args.list_packages:
+        list_packages(cover_packages, pytest_packages, logger)
+    else:
+        NOSE_ENV['NOSE_COVER_PACKAGE'] = cover_packages
+        for suite in pytests:
+            suite()
+        nose.run(suite=nose_tests, env=NOSE_ENV)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run()