diff --git a/snippets/python.snippets b/snippets/python.snippets
index faf144c..d8f0105 100644
--- a/snippets/python.snippets
+++ b/snippets/python.snippets
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ snippet ptpython
 # python console debugger (pudb)
 snippet pudb
 	import pudb; pudb.set_trace()
+# pdb in nosetests
+snippet nosetrace
+	from nose.tools import set_trace; set_trace()
 snippet pprint
 	import pprint; pprint.pprint(${1})
 snippet "