diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shlex.py b/Lib/test/test_shlex.py
index f8ef88c9420d..ed0ab47b1819 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shlex.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shlex.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import os, sys
 import shlex
 
+from test import test_support
+
 try:
     from cStringIO import StringIO
 except ImportError:
@@ -187,5 +189,8 @@ def testCompat(self):
         if methname.startswith("test") and methname != "testCompat":
             delattr(ShlexTest, methname)
 
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(ShlexTest)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()
+    test_main()