diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 0680ae53e..c0d3be0f8 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ Basic usage:
 
     '[sudo] scons install' - Install Cantera.
 
-    'scons test' - Run full regression test suite.
+    'scons test' - Run full test suite.
 
-    'scons test-clean' - Delete files created while running the
-                         regression tests.
+    'scons test-clean' - Delete files created while running the tests.
 
-    'scons test-help' - List available regression tests.
+    'scons test-help' - List available tests.
 
-    'scons test-NAME' - Run the regression test named "FOO".
+    'scons test-NAME' - Run the test named "NAME".
 
     'scons samples' - Compile the C++ and Fortran samples
 
@@ -1273,9 +1272,18 @@ if 'msi' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
 
 ### Tests ###
 if any(target.startswith('test') for target in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS):
-    SConscript('test_problems/SConscript')
+    env['testNames'] = []
 
-# Tests written using the gtest framework
-if any(target.startswith('newtest') for target in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS):
+    # Tests written using the gtest framework, the Python unittest module,
+    # or the Matlab xunit package.
     VariantDir('build/test', 'test', duplicate=0)
     SConscript('build/test/SConscript')
+
+    # Regression tests
+    SConscript('test_problems/SConscript')
+
+    if 'test-help' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
+        print '\n*** Available tests ***\n'
+        for name in env['testNames']:
+            print 'test-%s' % name
+        sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/test/SConscript b/test/SConscript
index 54387ffee..75ca25605 100644
--- a/test/SConscript
+++ b/test/SConscript
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ def addTestProgram(subdir, progName):
                                pjoin(subdir, '%s.cpp' % progName))
     passedFile = File(pjoin(str(program[0].dir), '%s.passed' % program[0].name))
     run_program = localenv.Command(passedFile, program, testRunner)
-    Alias('newtest', run_program)
+    Alias('test', run_program)
+    Alias('test-%s' % progName, run_program)
+    env['testNames'].append(progName)
     if os.path.exists(passedFile.abspath):
-        Alias('newtest-reset', localenv.Command('reset-%s%s' % (subdir, progName),
-                                                [], [Delete(passedFile.abspath)]))
+        Alias('test-reset', localenv.Command('reset-%s%s' % (subdir, progName),
+                                             [], [Delete(passedFile.abspath)]))
 
 
 def addTestScript(subdir, script, interpreter, dependencies):
@@ -65,10 +67,12 @@ def addTestScript(subdir, script, interpreter, dependencies):
         if isinstance(dep, str):
             dep = File(pjoin(subdir, dep))
         testenv.Depends(run_program, dep)
-    Alias('newtest', run_program)
+    Alias('test', run_program)
     if os.path.exists(passedFile.abspath):
-        Alias('newtest-reset', testenv.Command('reset-%s%s' % (subdir, script),
-                                               [], [Delete(passedFile.abspath)]))
+        Alias('test-reset', testenv.Command('reset-%s%s' % (subdir, script),
+                                            [], [Delete(passedFile.abspath)]))
+
+    return run_program
 
 
 def addMatlabTest(script, dependencies=None):
@@ -110,22 +114,27 @@ def addMatlabTest(script, dependencies=None):
             dep = File(pjoin('matlab', dep))
         testenv.Depends(run_program, dep)
 
-    Alias('newtest', run_program)
+    Alias('test', run_program)
     if os.path.exists(passedFile.abspath):
-        Alias('newtest-reset', testenv.Command('reset-%s%s' % ('matlab', script),
-                                               [], [Delete(passedFile.abspath)]))
+        Alias('test-reset', testenv.Command('reset-%s%s' % ('matlab', script),
+                                            [], [Delete(passedFile.abspath)]))
 
+    return run_program
 
 # Instantiate tests
 addTestProgram('thermo', 'nasapoly')
 addTestProgram('kinetics', 'pdep')
 
 if localenv['python_package'] == 'full':
-    addTestScript('python', 'runTests.py',
-                  interpreter=sys.executable,
-                  dependencies=['testSolution.py', 'testReactors.py',
-                                localenv['python_module']])
+    pyTest= addTestScript('python', 'runTests.py',
+                          interpreter=sys.executable,
+                          dependencies=['testSolution.py', 'testReactors.py',
+                                        localenv['python_module']])
+    localenv.Alias('python', pyTest)
+    env['testNames'].append('python')
 
 if localenv['matlab_toolbox'] == 'y':
-    addMatlabTest('runCanteraTests.m',
-                  dependencies=mglob(localenv, 'matlab', 'm'))
+    matlabTest = addMatlabTest('runCanteraTests.m',
+                               dependencies=mglob(localenv, 'matlab', 'm'))
+    localenv.Alias('matlab', matlabTest)
+    env['testNames'].append('matlab')
diff --git a/test_problems/SConscript b/test_problems/SConscript
index 0e722db75..fe1539f81 100644
--- a/test_problems/SConscript
+++ b/test_problems/SConscript
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ localenv.Append(CPPPATH=['#include', '#src', 'shared'])
 os.environ['PYTHONPATH'] = pjoin(os.getcwd(), '..', 'interfaces', 'python')
 os.environ['CANTERA_DATA'] = pjoin(os.getcwd(), '..', 'data', 'inputs')
 
-testNames = []
-
 class Test(object):
     _validArgs = set(['arguments', 'options', 'artifacts', 'comparisons',
                       'tolerance', 'threshold', 'ignoreLines', 'extensions',
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ class Test(object):
         localenv.Alias('test-run', run)
         localenv.Alias('test-clean', self.clean(localenv))
         localenv.Alias('test-%s' % self.testName, run)
-        testNames.append(self.testName)
+        env['testNames'].append(self.testName)
 
         # reset: just delete the ".passed" file so that this test will be re-run
         localenv.Alias('test-reset', self.reset(localenv))
@@ -325,9 +323,3 @@ if localenv['python_package'] == 'full':
 finish_tests = localenv.Command('finish_tests', [], testResults.printReport)
 localenv.Depends(finish_tests, 'test-run')
 Alias('test', finish_tests)
-
-if 'test-help' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
-    print '\n*** Available regression tests ***\n'
-    for name in testNames:
-        print name
-    sys.exit(0)