diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d5c3d98..dc380d9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ simply by adding a parameter named `sftpserver` to your test function:
 As can be seen from this example `sftpserver` serves content directly from
 python objects instead of files.
 
+It is also possible to use the package without `pytest`:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from pytest_sftpserver import sftpserver_factory
+
+    @sftpserver_factory()
+    def test_sftp_fetch(sftpserver):
+        with sftpserver.serve_content({'a_dir': {'somefile.txt': "File content"}}):
+            assert get_sftp_file(sftpserver.host, sftpserver.port, "user",
+                                 "pw", "/a_dir/somefile.txt") == "File content"
 
 Installation
 ============
diff --git a/pytest_sftpserver/__init__.py b/pytest_sftpserver/__init__.py
index c542a71..c9c78f2 100644
--- a/pytest_sftpserver/__init__.py
+++ b/pytest_sftpserver/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (1, 3, 0)
+from pytest_sftpserver.decorator import sftpserver_factory  # noqa: F401
 
-
-def get_version():
-    return ".".join(str(i) for i in VERSION)
+from .__version__ import VERSION, get_version  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/pytest_sftpserver/__version__.py b/pytest_sftpserver/__version__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c542a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest_sftpserver/__version__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+VERSION = (1, 3, 0)
+
+
+def get_version():
+    return ".".join(str(i) for i in VERSION)
diff --git a/pytest_sftpserver/decorator.py b/pytest_sftpserver/decorator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9594702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest_sftpserver/decorator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from functools import wraps
+
+from pytest_sftpserver.sftp.server import SFTPServer
+
+
+class sftpserver_factory(object):
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.server = SFTPServer()
+        self.server.start()
+        return self.server
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.server.is_alive():
+            self.server.shutdown()
+
+    def __call__(self, func):
+        @wraps(func)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            with self:
+                kwargs["sftpserver"] = self.server
+                return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        return wrapper
diff --git a/pytest_sftpserver/plugin.py b/pytest_sftpserver/plugin.py
index 6b3680a..8d45686 100644
--- a/pytest_sftpserver/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_sftpserver/plugin.py
@@ -3,15 +3,10 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from pytest_sftpserver.sftp.server import SFTPServer
+from pytest_sftpserver.decorator import sftpserver_factory
 
 
 @pytest.yield_fixture(scope="session")
 def sftpserver(request):
-    server = SFTPServer()
-    server.start()
-
-    yield server
-
-    if server.is_alive():
-        server.shutdown()
+    with sftpserver_factory() as server:
+        yield server
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8b08e4b..c5f3cd3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
+import codecs
+import os
+import re
+
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Command
 
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+def read(*parts):
+    with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, *parts), 'r') as fp:
+        return fp.read()
+
 
-version = __import__('pytest_sftpserver').get_version()
+def find_version(*file_paths):
+    version_file = read(*file_paths)
+    version_match = re.search(
+        r"^VERSION = \(([^\)]*)\)", version_file, re.M
+    )
+    if version_match:
+        return '.'.join(i.strip() for i in version_match.group(1).split(','))
+    raise RuntimeError('Unable to find version string.')
 
 
 class Test(Command):
@@ -23,7 +41,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name='pytest-sftpserver',
-    version=version,
+    version=find_version('pytest_sftpserver', '__version__.py'),
     author='Ulrich Petri',
     author_email='mail@ulo.pe',
     license='MIT License',
diff --git a/tests/test_sftp.py b/tests/test_sftp.py
index 4b23f0b..41b566f 100644
--- a/tests/test_sftp.py
+++ b/tests/test_sftp.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from paramiko.channel import Channel
 from paramiko.sftp_client import SFTPClient
 
+from pytest_sftpserver import sftpserver_factory
 from pytest_sftpserver.sftp.server import SFTPServer
 
 # fmt: off
@@ -188,3 +189,8 @@ def test_sftpserver_chmod_non_existing(sftpclient, sftpserver):
     with sftpserver.serve_content({}):
         with pytest.raises(IOError):
             sftpclient.chmod("/a", 600)
+
+
+@sftpserver_factory()
+def test_decorator(sftpserver):
+    assert isinstance(sftpserver, SFTPServer)