import unittest @unittest.expectedFailure # Remove this line, and it will work class TestCasesThatFail(unittest.TestCase): def test_fail1(self): self.fail() def test_fail2(self): self.fail() if __name__ == '__main__': suite = unittest.TestSuite() tests = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestClassThatFails) suite.addTest(tests) unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)