diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 8bcfc2b5a..64f2f8285 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # These are Python requirements needed to run the functional tests
-pytest
+testinfra
 pytest-xdist
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5ee3d12bd..b02a59919 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ commands=
 
   ansible-playbook -vv -i {changedir}/hosts {toxinidir}/{env:PLAYBOOK:site.yml.sample} --extra-vars="fetch_directory={changedir}/fetch"
 
-  py.test -v
+  testinfra -n 4 -v --connection=ansible --ansible-inventory={changedir}/hosts {toxinidir}/tests/functional/tests
   vagrant destroy --force