--- a/couchdb/settee/tests/SetteeTestCase.class.php
+++ b/couchdb/settee/tests/SetteeTestCase.class.php
@@ -1,1 +1,20 @@
+<?php
 
+/**
+ * Abstract parent for Settee test classes.
+ */
+abstract class SetteeTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+
+  protected $server;
+  protected $db_url;
+  protected $db_user;
+  protected $db_pass;
+
+  public function setUp() {
+    $this->db_url  = isset($GLOBALS['db_url'])  ? $GLOBALS['db_url']  : 'http://127.0.0.1:5984';
+    $this->db_user = isset($GLOBALS['db_user']) ? $GLOBALS['db_user'] : 'admin';
+    $this->db_pass = isset($GLOBALS['db_pass']) ? $GLOBALS['db_pass'] : 'admin';
+    $this->server = new SetteeServer($this->db_url);
+  }
+
+}