diff --git a/run_unittests.py b/run_unittests.py
index 4dd674d34..7a2502a6e 100755
--- a/run_unittests.py
+++ b/run_unittests.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def main():
         # Let there be colors!
         if 'CI' in os.environ:
             pytest_args += ['--color=yes']
-        pytest_args += ['./run_unittests.py']
+        pytest_args += ['unittests']
         pytest_args += convert_args(sys.argv[1:])
         # Always disable pytest-cov because we use a custom setup
         try:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a23af07c6..dfaba76dd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ include = mesonbuild, mesonbuild.*
 [tool:pytest]
 python_classes =
 python_files =
-    run_unittests.py
+    unittests/*tests.py
diff --git a/unittests/__init__.py b/unittests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb