diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..780819dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "test/unit"
+require "mocha/setup"
+require "linguist"
diff --git a/test/test_blob.rb b/test/test_blob.rb
index b0bdc368..70fd3df5 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.rb
+++ b/test/test_blob.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-require 'linguist/file_blob'
-require 'linguist/samples'
-
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'mocha/setup'
-require 'mime/types'
+require_relative "./helper"
 
 class TestBlob < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Linguist
diff --git a/test/test_classifier.rb b/test/test_classifier.rb
index 87c6feb2..8e1d8355 100644
--- a/test/test_classifier.rb
+++ b/test/test_classifier.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-require 'linguist/classifier'
-require 'linguist/language'
-require 'linguist/samples'
-require 'linguist/tokenizer'
-
-require 'test/unit'
+require_relative "./helper"
 
 class TestClassifier < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Linguist
diff --git a/test/test_heuristics.rb b/test/test_heuristics.rb
index 3e04daf3..306cab28 100644
--- a/test/test_heuristics.rb
+++ b/test/test_heuristics.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-require 'linguist/heuristics'
-require 'linguist/language'
-require 'linguist/samples'
-require 'linguist/file_blob'
-
-require 'test/unit'
+require_relative "./helper"
 
 class TestHeuristcs < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Linguist
diff --git a/test/test_language.rb b/test/test_language.rb
index aeb1fce9..2b96c8d2 100644
--- a/test/test_language.rb
+++ b/test/test_language.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-require 'linguist/language'
-require 'test/unit'
+require_relative "./helper"
 
 class TestLanguage < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Linguist
diff --git a/test/test_md5.rb b/test/test_md5.rb
index 6019fcf5..17006e2e 100644
--- a/test/test_md5.rb
+++ b/test/test_md5.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-require 'linguist/md5'
-
-require 'test/unit'
+require_relative "./helper"
 
 class TestMD5 < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Linguist
diff --git a/test/test_pedantic.rb b/test/test_pedantic.rb
index 264c54f3..668803ad 100644
--- a/test/test_pedantic.rb
+++ b/test/test_pedantic.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'test/unit'
+require_relative "./helper"
 
 class TestPedantic < Test::Unit::TestCase
   Lib = File.expand_path("../../lib/linguist", __FILE__)
diff --git a/test/test_repository.rb b/test/test_repository.rb
index 1fba9b57..d07d86da 100644
--- a/test/test_repository.rb
+++ b/test/test_repository.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-require 'linguist/repository'
-require 'linguist/lazy_blob'
-require 'test/unit'
+require_relative "./helper"
 
 class TestRepository < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def rugged_repository
diff --git a/test/test_samples.rb b/test/test_samples.rb
index 992618cf..f335ed36 100644
--- a/test/test_samples.rb
+++ b/test/test_samples.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-require 'linguist/samples'
-require 'linguist/language'
-require 'tempfile'
-require 'yajl'
-require 'test/unit'
+require_relative "./helper"
+require "tempfile"
 
 class TestSamples < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Linguist
diff --git a/test/test_tokenizer.rb b/test/test_tokenizer.rb
index 0521f4da..5dab023e 100644
--- a/test/test_tokenizer.rb
+++ b/test/test_tokenizer.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-require 'linguist/tokenizer'
-
-require 'test/unit'
+require_relative "./helper"
 
 class TestTokenizer < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Linguist