--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+test_description="python bindings (pytest)"
+. $(dirname "$0")/test-lib.sh || exit 1
+
+if [ $NOTMUCH_HAVE_PYTHON3_CFFI -eq 0 -o $NOTMUCH_HAVE_PYTHON3_PYTEST -eq 0 ]; then
+ test_done
+fi
+
+
+test_begin_subtest "python cffi tests"
+pytest_dir=$NOTMUCH_SRCDIR/bindings/python-cffi/build/stage
+printf "[pytest]\nminversion = 3.0\naddopts = -ra\n" > $pytest_dir/pytest.ini
+test_expect_success "(cd $pytest_dir && ${NOTMUCH_PYTHON} -m pytest --log-file=$TMP_DIRECTORY/test.output)"
+test_done