diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_thread b/Lib/test/output/test_thread
deleted file mode 100644
index 68c6a92..0000000
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_thread
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-test_thread
-waiting for all tasks to complete
-all tasks done
-
-*** Barrier Test ***
-all tasks done
-
-*** Changing thread stack size ***
-caught expected ValueError setting stack_size(4096)
-successfully set stack_size(262144)
-successfully set stack_size(1048576)
-successfully set stack_size(0)
-trying stack_size = 262144
-waiting for all tasks to complete
-all tasks done
-trying stack_size = 1048576
-waiting for all tasks to complete
-all tasks done
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_thread.py b/Lib/test/test_thread.py
index c4c21fe..f0d66c7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_thread.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_thread.py
@@ -1,160 +1,164 @@
-# Very rudimentary test of thread module
-
-# Create a bunch of threads, let each do some work, wait until all are done
-
-from test.test_support import verbose
+import os
+import unittest
 import random
+from test import test_support
 import thread
 import time
 
-mutex = thread.allocate_lock()
-rmutex = thread.allocate_lock() # for calls to random
-running = 0
-done = thread.allocate_lock()
-done.acquire()
 
-numtasks = 10
+NUMTASKS = 10
+NUMTRIPS = 3
 
-def task(ident):
-    global running
-    rmutex.acquire()
-    delay = random.random() * numtasks
-    rmutex.release()
-    if verbose:
-        print 'task', ident, 'will run for', round(delay, 1), 'sec'
-    time.sleep(delay)
-    if verbose:
-        print 'task', ident, 'done'
-    mutex.acquire()
-    running = running - 1
-    if running == 0:
-        done.release()
-    mutex.release()
 
-next_ident = 0
-def newtask():
-    global next_ident, running
-    mutex.acquire()
-    next_ident = next_ident + 1
-    if verbose:
-        print 'creating task', next_ident
-    thread.start_new_thread(task, (next_ident,))
-    running = running + 1
-    mutex.release()
+def verbose_print(arg):
+    """Helper function for printing out debugging output."""
+    if test_support.verbose:
+        print arg
 
-for i in range(numtasks):
-    newtask()
 
-print 'waiting for all tasks to complete'
-done.acquire()
-print 'all tasks done'
+class BasicThreadTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
-class barrier:
-    def __init__(self, n):
-        self.n = n
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.done_mutex = thread.allocate_lock()
+        self.done_mutex.acquire()
+        self.running_mutex = thread.allocate_lock()
+        self.random_mutex = thread.allocate_lock()
+        self.running = 0
+        self.next_ident = 0
+
+
+class ThreadRunningTests(BasicThreadTest):
+
+    def newtask(self):
+        with self.running_mutex:
+            self.next_ident += 1
+            verbose_print("creating task %s" % self.next_ident)
+            thread.start_new_thread(self.task, (self.next_ident,))
+            self.running += 1
+
+    def task(self, ident):
+        with self.random_mutex:
+            delay = random.random() * NUMTASKS
+        verbose_print("task %s will run for %s" % (ident, round(delay, 1)))
+        time.sleep(delay)
+        verbose_print("task %s done" % ident)
+        with self.running_mutex:
+            self.running -= 1
+            if self.running == 0:
+                self.done_mutex.release()
+
+    def test_starting_threads(self):
+        # Basic test for thread creation.
+        for i in range(NUMTASKS):
+            self.newtask()
+        verbose_print("waiting for tasks to complete...")
+        self.done_mutex.acquire()
+        verbose_print("all tasks done")
+
+    def test_stack_size(self):
+        # Various stack size tests.
+        self.assertEquals(thread.stack_size(), 0, "intial stack size is not 0")
+
+        thread.stack_size(0)
+        self.assertEquals(thread.stack_size(), 0, "stack_size not reset to default")
+
+        if os.name not in ("nt", "os2", "posix"):
+            return
+
+        tss_supported = True
+        try:
+            thread.stack_size(4096)
+        except ValueError:
+            verbose_print("caught expected ValueError setting "
+                            "stack_size(4096)")
+        except thread.error:
+            tss_supported = False
+            verbose_print("platform does not support changing thread stack "
+                            "size")
+
+        if tss_supported:
+            fail_msg = "stack_size(%d) failed - should succeed"
+            for tss in (262144, 0x100000, 0):
+                thread.stack_size(tss)
+                self.assertEquals(thread.stack_size(), tss, fail_msg % tss)
+                verbose_print("successfully set stack_size(%d)" % tss)
+
+            for tss in (262144, 0x100000):
+                verbose_print("trying stack_size = (%d)" % tss)
+                self.next_ident = 0
+                for i in range(NUMTASKS):
+                    self.newtask()
+
+                verbose_print("waiting for all tasks to complete")
+                self.done_mutex.acquire()
+                verbose_print("all tasks done")
+
+            thread.stack_size(0)
+
+
+class Barrier:
+    def __init__(self, num_threads):
+        self.num_threads = num_threads
         self.waiting = 0
-        self.checkin  = thread.allocate_lock()
-        self.checkout = thread.allocate_lock()
-        self.checkout.acquire()
+        self.checkin_mutex  = thread.allocate_lock()
+        self.checkout_mutex = thread.allocate_lock()
+        self.checkout_mutex.acquire()
 
     def enter(self):
-        checkin, checkout = self.checkin, self.checkout
-
-        checkin.acquire()
+        self.checkin_mutex.acquire()
         self.waiting = self.waiting + 1
-        if self.waiting == self.n:
-            self.waiting = self.n - 1
-            checkout.release()
+        if self.waiting == self.num_threads:
+            self.waiting = self.num_threads - 1
+            self.checkout_mutex.release()
             return
-        checkin.release()
+        self.checkin_mutex.release()
 
-        checkout.acquire()
+        self.checkout_mutex.acquire()
         self.waiting = self.waiting - 1
         if self.waiting == 0:
-            checkin.release()
+            self.checkin_mutex.release()
             return
-        checkout.release()
+        self.checkout_mutex.release()
 
-numtrips = 3
-def task2(ident):
-    global running
-    for i in range(numtrips):
-        if ident == 0:
-            # give it a good chance to enter the next
-            # barrier before the others are all out
-            # of the current one
-            delay = 0.001
-        else:
-            rmutex.acquire()
-            delay = random.random() * numtasks
-            rmutex.release()
-        if verbose:
-            print 'task', ident, 'will run for', round(delay, 1), 'sec'
-        time.sleep(delay)
-        if verbose:
-            print 'task', ident, 'entering barrier', i
-        bar.enter()
-        if verbose:
-            print 'task', ident, 'leaving barrier', i
-    mutex.acquire()
-    running -= 1
-    # Must release mutex before releasing done, else the main thread can
-    # exit and set mutex to None as part of global teardown; then
-    # mutex.release() raises AttributeError.
-    finished = running == 0
-    mutex.release()
-    if finished:
-        done.release()
 
-print '\n*** Barrier Test ***'
-if done.acquire(0):
-    raise ValueError, "'done' should have remained acquired"
-bar = barrier(numtasks)
-running = numtasks
-for i in range(numtasks):
-    thread.start_new_thread(task2, (i,))
-done.acquire()
-print 'all tasks done'
+class BarrierTest(BasicThreadTest):
 
-# not all platforms support changing thread stack size
-print '\n*** Changing thread stack size ***'
-if thread.stack_size() != 0:
-    raise ValueError, "initial stack_size not 0"
+    def test_barrier(self):
+        self.bar = Barrier(NUMTASKS)
+        self.running = NUMTASKS
+        for i in range(NUMTASKS):
+            thread.start_new_thread(self.task2, (i,))
+        verbose_print("waiting for tasks to end")
+        self.done_mutex.acquire()
+        verbose_print("tasks done")
 
-thread.stack_size(0)
-if thread.stack_size() != 0:
-    raise ValueError, "stack_size not reset to default"
+    def task2(self, ident):
+        for i in range(NUMTRIPS):
+            if ident == 0:
+                # give it a good chance to enter the next
+                # barrier before the others are all out
+                # of the current one
+                delay = 0.001
+            else:
+                with self.random_mutex:
+                    delay = random.random() * NUMTASKS
+            verbose_print("task %s will run for %s" % (ident, round(delay, 1)))
+            time.sleep(delay)
+            verbose_print("task %s entering %s" % (ident, i))
+            self.bar.enter()
+            verbose_print("task %s leaving barrier" % ident)
+        with self.running_mutex:
+            self.running -= 1
+            # Must release mutex before releasing done, else the main thread can
+            # exit and set mutex to None as part of global teardown; then
+            # mutex.release() raises AttributeError.
+            finished = self.running == 0
+        if finished:
+            self.done_mutex.release()
 
-from os import name as os_name
-if os_name in ("nt", "os2", "posix"):
 
-    tss_supported = 1
-    try:
-        thread.stack_size(4096)
-    except ValueError:
-        print 'caught expected ValueError setting stack_size(4096)'
-    except thread.error:
-        tss_supported = 0
-        print 'platform does not support changing thread stack size'
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(ThreadRunningTests, BarrierTest)
 
-    if tss_supported:
-        failed = lambda s, e: s != e
-        fail_msg = "stack_size(%d) failed - should succeed"
-        for tss in (262144, 0x100000, 0):
-            thread.stack_size(tss)
-            if failed(thread.stack_size(), tss):
-                raise ValueError, fail_msg % tss
-            print 'successfully set stack_size(%d)' % tss
-
-        for tss in (262144, 0x100000):
-            print 'trying stack_size = %d' % tss
-            next_ident = 0
-            for i in range(numtasks):
-                newtask()
-
-            print 'waiting for all tasks to complete'
-            done.acquire()
-            print 'all tasks done'
-
-        # reset stack size to default
-        thread.stack_size(0)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()