diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b80b47674f..b0a65f59cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 *.pem
 .localrc.auto
 .prereqs
+.tox
 .stackenv
 accrc
 docs/files
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8a603b1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[tox]
+minversion = 1.6
+skipsdist = True
+envlist = bashate
+
+[testenv]
+usedevelop = False
+install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
+
+[testenv:bashate]
+deps = bashate
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands = bash -c "find {toxinidir} -not -wholename \*.tox/\* -and \( -name \*.sh -or -name \*rc -or -name functions\* -or \( -wholename lib/\* -and -not -name \*.md \) \) -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"