diff --git a/djrill/tests/test_admin.py b/djrill/tests/test_admin.py
index e1ce40a..bab34cd 100644
--- a/djrill/tests/test_admin.py
+++ b/djrill/tests/test_admin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import sys
+import warnings
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
@@ -9,6 +10,11 @@ from djrill.tests.mock_backend import DjrillBackendMockAPITestCase
 
 from .utils import override_settings
 
+# We don't care that the `cycle` template tag will be removed in Django 2.0,
+# because we're planning to drop the Djrill admin templates before then.
+warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=PendingDeprecationWarning,
+                        message="Loading the `cycle` tag from the `future` library")
+
 
 def reset_admin_site():
     """Return the Django admin globals to their original state"""
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 15c8e6b..9482530 100644
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -31,7 +31,29 @@ settings.configure(
         'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
         'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
         'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    )
+    ),
+    TEMPLATES=[
+        # Django 1.8 starter-project template settings
+        # (needed for test_admin)
+        {
+            'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+            'DIRS': [
+                # insert your TEMPLATE_DIRS here
+            ],
+            'APP_DIRS': True,
+            'OPTIONS': {
+                'context_processors': [
+                    'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                    'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                    'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
+                    'django.template.context_processors.media',
+                    'django.template.context_processors.static',
+                    'django.template.context_processors.tz',
+                    'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+                ],
+            },
+        },
+    ],
 )
 
 try: