diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0ec2b91..7a04577 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ python:
   - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
 install:
-  - pip install six
-  - pip install pycryptodome
-  - pip install chardet
-  - pip install sortedcontainers
+  - pip install tox-travis
 script:
-  nosetests --nologcapture
+  - tox
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b2680c2..5b6676c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -29,4 +29,21 @@ Any contribution is appreciated! You might want to:
 * Code should work for Python 2.7 and Python 3.x (for now).
 * Code changes should conform to PEP8 coding style (with a line-width of 120). Existing code may stay as it is. 
 * New features should be well documented using docstrings.
-* Check spelling and grammar.
\ No newline at end of file
+* Check spelling and grammar.
+
+## Dev setup
+
+```sh
+# Clone the repo
+git clone https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
+cd pdfminer.six
+
+# Install dev dependencies
+pip install -e .[dev]
+
+# Run tests on all Python versions
+tox
+
+# Run tests on a single version
+tox -e py36
+```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 404c308..a13e4da 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 from setuptools import setup
-import sys
 
 import pdfminer as package
 
-requires = ['six', 'pycryptodome', 'sortedcontainers', 'chardet ; python_version > "3.0"']
-
 setup(
     name='pdfminer.six',
     version=package.__version__,
     packages=['pdfminer'],
     package_data={'pdfminer': ['cmap/*.pickle.gz']},
-    install_requires=requires,
+    install_requires=[
+        'chardet ; python_version > "3.0"',
+        'pycryptodome',
+        'six',
+        'sortedcontainers',
+    ],
+    extras_require={"dev": ["nose", "tox"]},
     description='PDF parser and analyzer',
     long_description=package.__doc__,
     license='MIT/X',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d0e167b..09c7f80 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py26,py27,py34,py35,py36
+envlist = py{26, 27, 34, 35, 36}
 
 [testenv]
+extras = dev
 commands = nosetests --nologcapture
-deps =
-	six
-	pycryptodome
-	chardet
-	nose
-	sortedcontainers