--- a
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+PYCMD=${PYCMD:="python"}
+COVERAGE=0
+while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -p|--python) PYCMD=$2; shift 2 ;;
+        -c|--coverage) COVERAGE=1; shift 1;;
+        --) shift; break ;;
+        *) echo "Invalid argument: $1!" ; exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [[ $COVERAGE -eq 1 ]]; then
+    coverage erase
+    PYCMD="coverage run --parallel-mode --source ants "
+    echo "coverage flag found. Setting command to: \"$PYCMD\""
+fi
+
+pushd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+echo "Running core tests"
+$PYCMD test_core_ants_image.py $@
+$PYCMD test_core_ants_image_indexing.py $@
+$PYCMD test_core_ants_image_io.py $@
+$PYCMD test_core_ants_transform.py $@
+$PYCMD test_core_ants_transform_io.py $@
+$PYCMD test_core_ants_metric.py $@
+
+echo "Running learn tests"
+$PYCMD test_learn.py $@
+
+echo "Running registration tests"
+$PYCMD test_registration.py $@
+
+echo "Running segmentation tests"
+$PYCMD test_segmentation.py $@
+
+echo "Running utils tests"
+$PYCMD test_utils.py $@
+
+echo "Running ops tests"
+$PYCMD test_ops.py $@
+
+echo "Running plotting tests"
+$PYCMD test_plotting.py $@
+
+echo "Running bug tests"
+$PYCMD test_bugs.py $@
+
+
+
+if [[ $COVERAGE -eq 1 ]]; then
+    coverage combine
+    coverage xml
+fi
+
+
+popd