diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 944e2d0f..06ff9950 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ xtesting.testcase =
     second = xtesting.samples.second:Test
     mts = xtesting.core.mts:MTSLauncher
     ansible = xtesting.core.ansible:Ansible
+    pytest = xtesting.core.pytest:Pytest
 
 [build_sphinx]
 all_files = 1
diff --git a/xtesting/core/pytest.py b/xtesting/core/pytest.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0fc582c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtesting/core/pytest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+
+import logging
+import time
+
+import pytest
+import xtesting
+
+
+class Pytest(xtesting.core.testcase.TestCase):
+    """pytest driver
+
+    The 'pytest driver' can be used on every test set written for pytest.
+    Given a pytest package that is launched with the command:
+
+    `pytest --opt1 arg1 --opt2 testdir`
+
+    it can be executed by xtesting with the following testcase.yaml:
+
+    ```yaml
+     run:
+        name: pytest
+        args:
+          dir: testdir
+          options:
+            opt1: arg1
+            opt2: null
+    ```
+
+    options can be written as a list of strings `['--opt1', 'arg1', '--opt2']`
+    """
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger('pytest')
+
+    def run(self, **args):
+        # parsing args
+        #  - 'dir' is mandatory
+        #  - 'options' is an optional list or a dict flatten to a list
+        try:
+            dir = args.pop('dir')
+            options = args.pop('options', [])
+            if isinstance(options, dict):
+                options = [str(item) for opt in
+                           zip([f'--{k}' if len(str(k)) > 1 else f'-{k}' for k in options.keys()], options.values())
+                           for item in opt if item is not None]
+        except KeyError as err:
+            self.logger.exception(f"Missing args: {err.args[0]!r}")
+            return self.EX_RUN_ERROR
+        if args:
+            self.logger.exception(f"Unexpected args {args}")
+            return self.EX_RUN_ERROR
+
+        # running pytest with 'options' in 'dir'
+        #  the pytesthooks initiates an empty 'details' and populates it with individual test results
+        self.start_time = time.time()
+        pytest.main(args=[dir] + ['--tb=no', '-p', 'xtesting.utils.pytesthooks'] + options)
+        self.stop_time = time.time()
+
+        # fectching results in pytesthooks
+        self.details = xtesting.utils.pytesthooks.details
+        self.result = xtesting.utils.pytesthooks.result
+        return self.EX_OK
diff --git a/xtesting/utils/pytesthooks.py b/xtesting/utils/pytesthooks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b87a0320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtesting/utils/pytesthooks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import pytest
+
+details = None
+passed = None
+failed = None
+result = None
+
+
+def pytest_sessionstart(session):
+    global details, passed, failed, result
+    details = dict(tests=[])
+    passed = 0
+    failed = 0
+    result = 0
+
+
+@pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
+def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
+    global details, passed, failed, result
+    yreport = yield
+    report = yreport.get_result()
+    if report.when == 'call':
+        test = dict(name=report.nodeid, status=report.outcome.upper())
+        if report.passed:
+            passed += 1
+        elif report.failed:
+            failed += 1
+            test['failure'] = report.longreprtext
+        if passed + failed:
+            result = passed / (passed + failed) * 100
+        details['tests'].append(test)