diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 5980f7af3d..512127b3d3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
+-----
+3.4.3
+-----
+
+* Issue #183: Really fix test command with Python 3.1.
+
 -----
 3.4.2
 -----
diff --git a/setuptools/py31compat.py b/setuptools/py31compat.py
index 6e76558293..c487ac0439 100644
--- a/setuptools/py31compat.py
+++ b/setuptools/py31compat.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ def __exit__(self, exctype, excvalue, exctrace):
 
 _PY31 = (3, 1) <= sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 2)
 if _PY31:
-    # on Python 3.1, translate testRunner==None to defaultTestLoader
+    # on Python 3.1, translate testRunner==None to TextTestRunner
     # for compatibility with Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+
     def unittest_main(*args, **kwargs):
         if 'testRunner' in kwargs and kwargs['testRunner'] is None:
-            kwargs['testRunner'] = unittest.defaultTestLoader
+            kwargs['testRunner'] = unittest.TextTestRunner
         return unittest.main(*args, **kwargs)