diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
         swh-scheduler=swh.scheduler.cli:main
         [swh.cli.subcommands]
         scheduler=swh.scheduler.cli:cli
+        [pytest11]
+        pytest_swh_scheduler=swh.scheduler.pytest_plugin
     """,
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/pytest_plugin.py b/swh/scheduler/pytest_plugin.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/scheduler/pytest_plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from datetime import timedelta
+import glob
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+from swh.core.utils import numfile_sortkey as sortkey
+
+import swh.scheduler
+from swh.scheduler import get_scheduler
+
+
+SQL_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(swh.scheduler.__file__), "sql")
+DUMP_FILES = os.path.join(SQL_DIR, "*.sql")
+
+# celery tasks for testing purpose; tasks themselves should be
+# in swh/scheduler/tests/tasks.py
+TASK_NAMES = ["ping", "multiping", "add", "error", "echo"]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def swh_scheduler_config(request, postgresql):
+    scheduler_config = {
+        "db": postgresql.dsn,
+    }
+
+    all_dump_files = sorted(glob.glob(DUMP_FILES), key=sortkey)
+
+    cursor = postgresql.cursor()
+    for fname in all_dump_files:
+        with open(fname) as fobj:
+            cursor.execute(fobj.read())
+    postgresql.commit()
+
+    return scheduler_config
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def swh_scheduler(swh_scheduler_config):
+    scheduler = get_scheduler("local", swh_scheduler_config)
+    for taskname in TASK_NAMES:
+        scheduler.create_task_type(
+            {
+                "type": "swh-test-{}".format(taskname),
+                "description": "The {} testing task".format(taskname),
+                "backend_name": "swh.scheduler.tests.tasks.{}".format(taskname),
+                "default_interval": timedelta(days=1),
+                "min_interval": timedelta(hours=6),
+                "max_interval": timedelta(days=12),
+            }
+        )
+
+    return scheduler
+
+
+# this alias is used to be able to easily instantiate a db-backed Scheduler
+# eg. for the RPC client/server test suite.
+swh_db_scheduler = swh_scheduler
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/tests/__init__.py b/swh/scheduler/tests/__init__.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-from os import path
-import swh.scheduler
-
-
-SQL_DIR = path.join(path.dirname(swh.scheduler.__file__), "sql")
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/tests/conftest.py b/swh/scheduler/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/tests/conftest.py
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@
 
 import os
 import pytest
-import glob
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 import pkg_resources
 from typing import List
 
-from swh.core.utils import numfile_sortkey as sortkey
-from swh.scheduler import get_scheduler
-from swh.scheduler.tests import SQL_DIR
 from swh.scheduler.model import ListedOrigin, Lister
 from swh.scheduler.tests.common import LISTERS
 
@@ -25,12 +21,6 @@
 # test_cli tests depends on a en/C locale, so ensure it
 os.environ["LC_ALL"] = "C.UTF-8"
 
-DUMP_FILES = os.path.join(SQL_DIR, "*.sql")
-
-# celery tasks for testing purpose; tasks themselves should be
-# in swh/scheduler/tests/tasks.py
-TASK_NAMES = ["ping", "multiping", "add", "error", "echo"]
-
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def celery_enable_logging():
@@ -74,46 +64,6 @@
     yield celery_session_app
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def swh_scheduler_config(request, postgresql):
-    scheduler_config = {
-        "db": postgresql.dsn,
-    }
-
-    all_dump_files = sorted(glob.glob(DUMP_FILES), key=sortkey)
-
-    cursor = postgresql.cursor()
-    for fname in all_dump_files:
-        with open(fname) as fobj:
-            cursor.execute(fobj.read())
-    postgresql.commit()
-
-    return scheduler_config
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def swh_scheduler(swh_scheduler_config):
-    scheduler = get_scheduler("local", swh_scheduler_config)
-    for taskname in TASK_NAMES:
-        scheduler.create_task_type(
-            {
-                "type": "swh-test-{}".format(taskname),
-                "description": "The {} testing task".format(taskname),
-                "backend_name": "swh.scheduler.tests.tasks.{}".format(taskname),
-                "default_interval": timedelta(days=1),
-                "min_interval": timedelta(hours=6),
-                "max_interval": timedelta(days=12),
-            }
-        )
-
-    return scheduler
-
-
-# this alias is used to be able to easily instantiate a db-backed Scheduler
-# eg. for the RPC client/server test suite.
-swh_db_scheduler = swh_scheduler
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def stored_lister(swh_scheduler) -> Lister:
     """Store a lister in the scheduler and return its information"""