--- a/talosnames/api.py	Mon Jul 23 13:22:29 2012 -0700
+++ b/talosnames/api.py	Mon Jul 23 13:47:51 2012 -0700
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import sqlite3
 import sys
 import talos
+import talos.run_tests
 import tempfile
 import urllib2
 import yaml
@@ -128,7 +129,9 @@
         return config
 
     def test_config(self, name):
-        test_config = self.talos_config(name)['tests']
+        config = self.talos_config(name)
+        test_config = config['tests']
+        talos.run_tests.useBaseTestDefaults(config.get('basetest', {}), test_config)
         retval = {}
         for test in test_config:
             name = test.pop('name')