diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70cd77bbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[pytest]
+markers =
+    unit: mark as unit test
+    examples: mark as example
+    ops: mark as tesing operators
+    loader: mark as testing the dataloader
+    tensorflow: mark as using tensorflow
+    torch: mark as using torch
+    singlegpu: mark as testing single GPU
+    multigpu: mark as testing multi-GPU
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index b8ed0a32f6..f1e05da2f5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -374,6 +374,29 @@ def report(request):
     return request.config.getoption("--report")
 
 
+def pytest_collection_modifyitems(items):
+    for item in items:
+        path = item.location[0]
+
+        if "/unit/" in path:
+            item.add_marker(getattr(pytest.mark, "unit"))
+
+        if "/loader/" in path:
+            item.add_marker(getattr(pytest.mark, "loader"))
+
+        if "/examples/" in path:
+            item.add_marker(getattr(pytest.mark, "examples"))
+
+        if "/ops/" in path:
+            item.add_marker(getattr(pytest.mark, "ops"))
+
+        if "test_tf_" in path:
+            item.add_marker(getattr(pytest.mark, "tensorflow"))
+
+        if "test_torch_" in path:
+            item.add_marker(getattr(pytest.mark, "torch"))
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function", autouse=True)
 def cleanup_dataloader():
     """After each test runs. Call .stop() on any dataloaders created during the test.