diff --git a/ert-bootstrap.el b/ert-bootstrap.el
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+;; Add the current directory to load path.
+(add-to-list 'load-path (file-name-directory
+                         (or load-file-name buffer-file-name)))
+;; The test fixtures assume an indentation width of 2, so we need to set that
+;; up for the tests.
+(setq-default default-tab-width 2)
+(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
+(require 'elixir-mode)
diff --git a/run_tests b/run_tests
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+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- shell-script -*-
+OUTPUT=/tmp/test-output.txt
+emacs -batch -l ert-bootstrap.el -l elixir-mode-tests.el -f ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit 2> $OUTPUT
+
+if [ $? == 0 ]; then
+    echo "Success -- All tests passed."
+    rm $OUTPUT
+else
+    # Give the user to re-do the tests in emacs proper
+    cat /tmp/test-output.txt
+    while [[ 1 ]]
+    do
+        read -p "There were test failures. Re-run in regular Emacs? [Yn]" choice
+        case $choice in
+            n|N)
+                break
+                ;;
+            *)
+                emacs -l elixir-mode-tests.el -f elixir-mode-run-tests
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi
+