diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6f7d573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Tests
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '*.md'
+      - '*.rst'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '*.md'
+      - '*.rst'
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    name: tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        name: Checkout
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -e .[all,tests]
+        name: Install dependencies
+      - run: pip freeze
+        name: List dependencies
+      - run: export PYTHONWARNINGS=default && python -m pytest tests
+        name: Run tests
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45f8b276..f8e94319 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@
     packages=["flask_sqlalchemy"],
     include_package_data=True,
     python_requires=">= 2.7, != 3.0.*, != 3.1.*, != 3.2.*, != 3.3.*",
-    install_requires=["Flask>=0.10", "SQLAlchemy>=0.8.0"],
+    install_requires=["Flask>=0.10", "SQLAlchemy<2.0"],
+    extras_require={
+        "tests": [
+            "pytest",
+            "coverage",
+            "blinker",
+            "mock"
+        ]
+    },
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Environment :: Web Environment",
diff --git a/tests/test_basic_app.py b/tests/test_basic_app.py
index aae00cb6..4270c58c 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic_app.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+import warnings
 import flask
 
 import flask_sqlalchemy as fsa
@@ -53,9 +55,11 @@ def test_helper_api(db):
 
 def test_persist_selectable(app, db, Todo, recwarn):
     """ In SA 1.3, mapper.mapped_table should be replaced with mapper.persist_selectable """
-    with app.test_request_context():
-        todo = Todo('Test 1', 'test')
-        db.session.add(todo)
-        db.session.commit()
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+        with app.test_request_context():
+            todo = Todo('Test 1', 'test')
+            db.session.add(todo)
+            db.session.commit()
 
-    assert len(recwarn) == 0
+        assert len(recwarn) == 0