diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b24ea6f..23910bb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
+|Build Status| |Stories in Ready| |Gitter|
+
 VCR.py
 ======
 
-.. image:: vcr.png
+.. figure:: https://raw.github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy/master/vcr.png
    :alt: vcr.py
 
+   vcr.py
+
 This is a Python version of `Ruby's VCR
 library <https://github.com/vcr/vcr>`__.
 
-|Build Status| |Stories in Ready| |Gitter Chat|
-
 What it does
 ------------
 
@@ -607,7 +609,7 @@ new API in version 1.0.x
 
 Changelog
 ---------
--  1.7.3 [#188] ``additional_matchers`` kwarg on ``use_cassette``.
+-  1.7.3 [#188] ``additional_matchers`` kwarg on ``use_casstte``.
    [#191] Actually support passing multiple before_record_request
    functions (thanks @agriffis).
 -  1.7.2 [#186] Get effective_url in tornado (thanks @mvschaik), [#187]
@@ -756,6 +758,6 @@ more details
    :target: http://travis-ci.org/kevin1024/vcrpy
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    :target: https://waffle.io/kevin1024/vcrpy
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+.. |Gitter| image:: https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg
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diff --git a/tests/unit/test_vcr.py b/tests/unit/test_vcr.py
index cbdcde4..7150f15 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_vcr.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_vcr.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import os
 
 import pytest
+from six.moves import http_client as httplib
 
 from vcr import VCR, use_cassette
 from vcr.compat import mock
 from vcr.request import Request
 from vcr.stubs import VCRHTTPSConnection
+from vcr.patch import _HTTPConnection, force_reset
 
 
 def test_vcr_use_cassette():
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ def test_path_transformer():
 
 def test_cassette_name_generator_defaults_to_using_module_function_defined_in():
     vcr = VCR(inject_cassette=True)
+
     @vcr.use_cassette
     def function_name(cassette):
         assert cassette._path == os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
@@ -274,3 +277,29 @@ def test_additional_matchers():
 
     function_defaults()
     function_additional()
+
+
+class TestVCRClass(VCR().test_case()):
+
+    def no_decoration(self):
+        assert httplib.HTTPConnection == _HTTPConnection
+        self.test_dynamically_added()
+        assert httplib.HTTPConnection == _HTTPConnection
+
+    def test_one(self):
+        with force_reset():
+            self.no_decoration()
+        with force_reset():
+            self.test_two()
+        assert httplib.HTTPConnection != _HTTPConnection
+
+    def test_two(self):
+        assert httplib.HTTPConnection != _HTTPConnection
+
+
+def test_dynamically_added(self):
+    assert httplib.HTTPConnection != _HTTPConnection
+
+
+TestVCRClass.test_dynamically_added = test_dynamically_added
+del test_dynamically_added
diff --git a/vcr/config.py b/vcr/config.py
index e2389db..455d074 100644
--- a/vcr/config.py
+++ b/vcr/config.py
@@ -2,19 +2,25 @@ import copy
 import functools
 import inspect
 import os
+import types
 
 import six
 
 from .compat import collections
 from .cassette import Cassette
 from .serializers import yamlserializer, jsonserializer
-from .util import compose
+from .util import compose, auto_decorate
 from . import matchers
 from . import filters
 
 
 class VCR(object):
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_test_method(method_name, function):
+        return method_name.startswith('test') and \
+            isinstance(function, types.FunctionType)
+
     @staticmethod
     def ensure_suffix(suffix):
         def ensure(path):
@@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ class VCR(object):
         if filter_query_parameters:
             filter_functions.append(functools.partial(
                 filters.remove_query_parameters,
-                query_parameters_to_remove=filter_query_parameters
+               query_parameters_to_remove=filter_query_parameters
             ))
         if filter_post_data_parameters:
             filter_functions.append(
@@ -250,3 +256,7 @@ class VCR(object):
 
     def register_matcher(self, name, matcher):
         self.matchers[name] = matcher
+
+    def test_case(self, predicate=None):
+        predicate = predicate or self.is_test_method
+        return six.with_metaclass(auto_decorate(self.use_cassette, predicate))
diff --git a/vcr/util.py b/vcr/util.py
index 8c5bd94..dd66320 100644
--- a/vcr/util.py
+++ b/vcr/util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import collections
+import types
+
 
 # Shamelessly stolen from https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/blob/master/requests/structures.py
 class CaseInsensitiveDict(collections.MutableMapping):
@@ -90,3 +92,30 @@ def read_body(request):
     if hasattr(request.body, 'read'):
         return request.body.read()
     return request.body
+
+
+def auto_decorate(
+    decorator,
+    predicate=lambda name, value: isinstance(value, types.FunctionType)
+):
+    def maybe_decorate(attribute, value):
+        if predicate(attribute, value):
+            value = decorator(value)
+        return value
+
+    class DecorateAll(type):
+
+        def __setattr__(cls, attribute, value):
+            return super(DecorateAll, cls).__setattr__(
+                attribute, maybe_decorate(attribute, value)
+            )
+
+        def __new__(cls, name, bases, attributes_dict):
+            new_attributes_dict = dict(
+                (attribute, maybe_decorate(attribute, value))
+                for attribute, value in attributes_dict.items()
+            )
+            return super(DecorateAll, cls).__new__(
+                cls, name, bases, new_attributes_dict
+            )
+    return DecorateAll