diff --git a/tests/nose_mpi.py b/tests/nose_mpi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70cea8936e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nose_mpi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import os
+import logging
+from nose.plugins import Plugin
+
+log = logging.getLogger('nose.plugins.nose_mpi')
+
+class NoseMPI(Plugin):
+
+    mpi_np = "0"
+    mpi_exec = "/opt/mpich/3.0.4-gnu/bin/mpiexec"
+
+    def options(self, parser, env=os.environ):
+        """Define the command line options for plugin."""
+        super(NoseMPI, self).options(parser, env)
+
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--mpi-np", dest="mpi_np", default=0,
+            help="Number of MPI processors to execute OpenMC executable.")
+
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--mpi-exec", dest="mpi_exec",
+            default="/opt/mpich/3.0.4-gnu/bin/mpiexec",
+            help="Absolute path to mpiexec file.")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure plugin based on command line options"""
+        super(NoseMPI, self).configure(options, conf)
+
+        try:
+            mpi_np = int(options.mpi_np)
+            self.enabled = True
+            NoseMPI.mpi_np = options.mpi_np
+        except:
+            self.enabled = False
+            return
+
+        if not os.path.exists(options.mpi_exec):
+            print 'Need to specify valid mpiexec path.'
+            exit()
+
+        NoseMPI.mpi_exec = options.mpi_exec
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.py b/tests/run_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c2f70ca3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/bin/sh env python
+
+# load in packages
+import os
+import sys
+import nose
+from subprocess import call
+
+pwd = os.getcwd()
+
+# run compile test
+result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','test_compile'])
+if not result:
+    sys.exit('Did not pass compile tests.')
+
+# run gfortran tests
+print '\n--------------'
+print 'gfortran tests'
+print '--------------\n'
+os.chdir(pwd)
+os.rename(pwd + '/../src/openmc-gfortran', pwd + '/../src/openmc')
+result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','--exclude','test_compile','test_basic'])
+if not result:
+    sys.exit('Did not pass gfortran tests')
+
+# run gfortran-dbg tests
+print '\n--------------'
+print 'gfortran-dbg tests'
+print '--------------\n'
+os.rename(pwd + '/../src/openmc-gfortran-dbg', pwd + '/../src/openmc')
+result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','--exclude','test_compile','test_basic'])
+if not result:
+    sys.exit('Did not pass gfortran-dbg tests')
+
+# run gfortran-opt tests
+print '\n--------------'
+print 'gfortran-opt tests'
+print '--------------\n'
+os.rename(pwd + '/../src/openmc-gfortran-opt', pwd + '/../src/openmc')
+result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','--exclude','test_compile','test_basic'])
+if not result:
+    sys.exit('Did not pass gfortran-opt tests')
+
+# run gfortran-hdf5 tests
+print '\n--------------'
+print 'gfortran-hdf5 tests'
+print '--------------\n'
+#os.rename(pwd + '/../src/openmc-gfortran-hdf5', pwd + '/../src/openmc')
+#result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','--exclude','test_compile','test_basic'])
+#if not result:
+#    sys.exit('Did not pass gfortran-hdf5 tests')
+
+# run gfortran-mpi tests
+print '\n--------------'
+print 'gfortran-mpi tests'
+print '--------------\n'
+os.rename(pwd + '/../src/openmc-gfortran-mpi', pwd + '/../src/openmc')
+result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','--exclude','test_compile',
+                        '--mpi-np','3','--mpi-exec',
+                        '/opt/mpich/3.0.4-gnu/bin/mpiexec','test_basic'])
+if not result:
+    sys.exit('Did not pass gfortran-mpi tests')
+
+# run gfortran-phdf5 tests
+print '\n--------------'
+print 'gfortran-phdf5 tests'
+print '--------------\n'
+#result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','--exclude','test_compile',
+#                        '--mpi-np','3','--mpi-exec',
+#                        '/opt/mpich/3.0.4-gnu/bin/mpiexec','test_basic'])
+#if not result:
+#    sys.exit('Did not pass gfortran-phdf5 tests')
+
+# run gfortran-petsc tests
+print '\n--------------'
+print 'gfortran-petsc tests'
+print '--------------\n'
+os.rename(pwd + '/../src/openmc-gfortran-petsc', pwd + '/../src/openmc')
+result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','--exclude','test_compile',
+                        '--mpi-np','3','--mpi-exec',
+                        '/opt/mpich/3.0.4-gnu/bin/mpiexec','test_basic'])
+if not result:
+    sys.exit('Did not pass gfortran-petsc tests')
+
+# run gfortran-phdf5-petsc tests
+print '\n--------------'
+print 'gfortran-phdf5-petsc tests'
+print '--------------\n'
+os.rename(pwd + '/../src/openmc-gfortran-phdf5-petsc', pwd + '/../src/openmc')
+result = nose.run(argv=['run_tests.py','-v','--exclude','test_compile',
+                        '--mpi-np','3','--mpi-exec',
+                        '/opt/mpich/3.0.4-gnu/bin/mpiexec','test_basic'])
+if not result:
+    sys.exit('Did not pass gfortran-phdf5-petsc tests')
diff --git a/tests/setup.py b/tests/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4adb1904b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+setup(name="nose-mpi",
+    entry_points = {
+        'nose.plugins':['nose_mpi = nose_mpi:NoseMPI']
+        },
+    install_requires = ['nose']
+)
diff --git a/tests/test_basic/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic/test_basic.py
index 44e8b681c2..4ca7f78045 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic/test_basic.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, PIPE
 import filecmp
+from nose_mpi import NoseMPI
 
 pwd = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
@@ -11,7 +12,13 @@ def setup():
     os.chdir(pwd)
 
 def test_run():
-    proc = Popen([pwd + '/../../src/openmc'], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
+
+    openmc_path = pwd + '/../../src/openmc'
+    if int(NoseMPI.mpi_np) > 0:
+        proc = Popen([NoseMPI.mpi_exec, '-np', NoseMPI.mpi_np, openmc_path],
+               stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
+    else:
+        proc = Popen([openmc_path], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
     returncode = proc.wait()
     print(proc.communicate()[0])
     assert returncode == 0
diff --git a/tests/test_compile/test_compile.py b/tests/test_compile/test_compile.py
index 2f98532b5d..cfe8f31eea 100644
--- a/tests/test_compile/test_compile.py
+++ b/tests/test_compile/test_compile.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def test_gfortran_debug():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])
     returncode = run(['make', 'DEBUG=yes'])
     assert returncode == 0
+    shutil.move('openmc', 'openmc-gfortran-dbg')
 
 def test_gfortran_profile():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])
@@ -39,31 +40,37 @@ def test_gfortran_optimize():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])
     returncode = run(['make', 'OPTIMIZE=yes'])
     assert returncode == 0
+    shutil.move('openmc', 'openmc-gfortran-opt')
 
 def test_gfortran_mpi():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])
     returncode = run(['make', 'MPI=yes'])
     assert returncode == 0
+    shutil.move('openmc', 'openmc-gfortran-mpi')
 
 def test_gfortran_hdf5():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])
     returncode = run(['make', 'HDF5=yes'])
     assert returncode == 0
+    shutil.move('openmc', 'openmc-gfortran-hdf5')
 
 def test_gfortran_petsc():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])
     returncode = run(['make', 'MPI=yes', 'PETSC=yes'])
     assert returncode == 0
+    shutil.move('openmc', 'openmc-gfortran-petsc')
 
 def test_gfortran_mpi_hdf5():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])
     returncode = run(['make', 'MPI=yes', 'HDF5=yes'])
     assert returncode == 0
+    shutil.move('openmc', 'openmc-gfortran-phdf5')
 
 def test_gfortran_mpi_hdf5_petsc():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])
     returncode = run(['make', 'MPI=yes', 'HDF5=yes', 'PETSC=yes'])
     assert returncode == 0
+    shutil.move('openmc', 'openmc-gfortran-phdf5-petsc')
 
 def test_intel():
     returncode = run(['make','distclean'])