diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6e05310e..ddacba43 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 # Add here external Python modules dependencies, one per line. Module names
 # should match https://pypi.python.org/pypi names. For the full spec or
 # dependency lines, see https://pip.readthedocs.org/en/1.1/requirements.html
+
+# Runtime dependencies
 Flask
 Flask-API
 swh.core
 swh.storage >= 0.0.19
+
+# Test dependencies
+Flask-Testing
diff --git a/swh/web/ui/tests/test_views.py b/swh/web/ui/tests/test_views.py
index 610a52b7..db6c70e7 100644
--- a/swh/web/ui/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/swh/web/ui/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1,43 +1,43 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
-import unittest
-
 from nose.tools import istest
 
-from swh.web.ui.tests import test_app
+from swh.web.ui import main
+from flask.ext.testing import TestCase
 
 
-class ViewsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+class ViewsTestCase(TestCase):
 
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        cls.app, _, _ = test_app.init_app()
+    def create_app(self):
+        app = main.app
+        app.config['TESTING'] = True
+        return app
 
     @istest
     def info(self):
         # when
-        rv = self.app.get('/about')
+        rv = self.client.get('/about')
 
         self.assertEquals(rv.status_code, 200)
         self.assertIn(b'About', rv.data)
 
     # @istest
     def search_1(self):
         # when
-        rv = self.app.get('/search')
+        rv = self.client.get('/search')
 
         self.assertEquals(rv.status_code, 200)  # check this api
         self.assertRegexpMatches(rv.data, b'name=q value=>')
 
     # @istest
     def search_2(self):
         # when
-        rv = self.app.get('/search?q=one-hash-to-look-for:another-one')
+        rv = self.client.get('/search?q=one-hash-to-look-for:another-one')
 
         self.assertEquals(rv.status_code, 200)  # check this api
         self.assertRegexpMatches(
             rv.data,
             b'name=q value=one-hash-to-look-for:another-one')