diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64bd111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# define your env variables for the test env here
+KERNEL_CLASS='App\Kernel'
+APP_SECRET='$ecretf0rt3st'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8d26d7a..5b0531b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -130,4 +130,8 @@ composer.phar.md5sum
 /phpunit_coverage.xml
 
 # Symfony binary
-/bin/symfony
\ No newline at end of file
+/bin/symfony
+###> phpunit/phpunit ###
+/phpunit.xml
+/.phpunit.cache/
+###< phpunit/phpunit ###
diff --git a/bin/phpunit b/bin/phpunit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ac5eef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/phpunit
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+require dirname(__DIR__).'/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit';
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8ef28f9..65148de 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "symfony/yaml": "8.1.*"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "*",
         "symfony/maker-bundle": "^1.67"
     },
     "config": {
diff --git a/phpunit.dist.xml b/phpunit.dist.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db201ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.dist.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!-- https://phpunit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html -->
+<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit.xsd"
+         colors="true"
+         failOnDeprecation="true"
+         failOnNotice="true"
+         failOnWarning="true"
+         bootstrap="tests/bootstrap.php"
+         cacheDirectory=".phpunit.cache"
+>
+    <php>
+        <ini name="display_errors" value="1" />
+        <ini name="error_reporting" value="-1" />
+        <server name="APP_ENV" value="test" force="true" />
+        <server name="SHELL_VERBOSITY" value="-1" />
+    </php>
+
+    <testsuites>
+        <testsuite name="Project Test Suite">
+            <directory>tests</directory>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+
+    <source ignoreSuppressionOfDeprecations="true"
+            ignoreIndirectDeprecations="true"
+            restrictNotices="true"
+            restrictWarnings="true"
+    >
+        <include>
+            <directory>src</directory>
+        </include>
+
+        <deprecationTrigger>
+            <function>trigger_deprecation</function>
+        </deprecationTrigger>
+    </source>
+
+    <extensions>
+    </extensions>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47a5855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+use Symfony\Component\Dotenv\Dotenv;
+
+require dirname(__DIR__).'/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+if (method_exists(Dotenv::class, 'bootEnv')) {
+    (new Dotenv())->bootEnv(dirname(__DIR__).'/.env');
+}
+
+if ($_SERVER['APP_DEBUG']) {
+    umask(0000);
+}