diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d003d42..6a7eba5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ 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.core import SFTPServerContextDecorator
+
+    @SFTPServerContextDecorator
+    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/core.py b/pytest_sftpserver/core.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b00b7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest_sftpserver/core.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from pytest_sftpserver.sftp.server import SFTPServer
+
+
+class SFTPServerContextDecorator(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):
+        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 0f35246..09b79c2 100644
--- a/pytest_sftpserver/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_sftpserver/plugin.py
@@ -5,15 +5,10 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from pytest_sftpserver.sftp.server import SFTPServer
+from pytest_sftpserver.core import SFTPServerContextDecorator
 
 
 @pytest.yield_fixture(scope="session")
 def sftpserver(request):
-    server = SFTPServer()
-    server.start()
-
-    yield server
-
-    if server.is_alive():
-        server.shutdown()
+    with SFTPServerContextDecorator() as server:
+        yield server