diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5edd0cf..72364f9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,89 @@
-# Python bytecode / optimized files
-*.py[co]
-*.egg-info
-build
-dist
-venv
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*,cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
 
 # Sphinx documentation
-docs/_build
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# IPython Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# dotenv
+.env
+
+# virtualenv
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 39bef37..7b95cfc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test:
 
 clean:
 	@rm -rf build dist *.egg-info
-	@find . -name '*.py?' -delete
+	@find . | grep -E '(__pycache__|\.pyc|\.pyo$$)' | xargs rm -rf
 
 
 docs:
diff --git a/pytest_flask/fixtures.py b/pytest_flask/fixtures.py
index b8539d7..d2f6b30 100755
--- a/pytest_flask/fixtures.py
+++ b/pytest_flask/fixtures.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 import socket
 
 try:
-    from urllib2 import urlopen
-except ImportError:
     from urllib.request import urlopen
+    from shutil import which
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib2 import urlopen
+    from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
 
 from flask import _request_ctx_stack
 
@@ -34,35 +36,38 @@ def login(self, email, password):
                 return self.client.post(url_for('login'), data=credentials)
 
             def test_login(self):
-                assert self.login('vital@example.com', 'pass').status_code == 200
+                assert self.login('vital@foo.com', 'pass').status_code == 200
 
     """
     if request.cls is not None:
         request.cls.client = client
 
 
-class LiveServer(object):
-    """The helper class uses to manage live server. Handles creation and
-    stopping application in a separate process.
+def _find_unused_port():
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    s.bind(('', 0))
+    port = s.getsockname()[1]
+    s.close()
+    return port
+
 
-    :param app: The application to run.
-    :param port: The port to run application.
-    """
+class LiveServerBase(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, app, port):
+    def __init__(self, app, monkeypatch, port=None):
         self.app = app
-        self.port = port
+        self.port = port or _find_unused_port()
         self._process = None
+        self.monkeypatch = monkeypatch
 
     def start(self):
-        """Start application in a separate process."""
-        worker = lambda app, port: app.run(port=port, use_reloader=False)
-        self._process = multiprocessing.Process(
-            target=worker,
-            args=(self.app, self.port)
-        )
-        self._process.start()
-
+        # Explicitly set application ``SERVER_NAME`` for test suite
+        # and restore original value on test teardown.
+        server_name = self.app.config['SERVER_NAME'] or '127.0.0.1'
+        self.monkeypatch.setitem(
+            self.app.config, 'SERVER_NAME',
+            _rewrite_server_name(server_name, str(self.port)))
+
+    def _wait_for_server(self):
         # We must wait for the server to start listening with a maximum
         # timeout of 5 seconds.
         timeout = 5
@@ -76,15 +81,109 @@ def start(self):
 
     def url(self, url=''):
         """Returns the complete url based on server options."""
-        return 'http://localhost:%d%s' % (self.port, url)
+        return 'http://127.0.0.1:%d%s' % (self.port, url)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<%s listening at %s>' % (
+            self.__class__.__name,
+            self.url(),
+        )
+
+
+class LiveServerMultiprocess(LiveServerBase):
+    """The helper class uses this to manage live server.
+    Handles creation and stopping application in a separate process.
+
+    :param app: The application to run.
+    :param port: The port to run application.
+    """
+
+    def start(self):
+        """Start application in a separate process."""
+        def worker(app, port):
+            return app.run(port=port, use_reloader=False)
+        super(LiveServerMultiprocess, self).start()
+
+        self._process = multiprocessing.Process(
+            target=worker,
+            args=(self.app, self.port)
+        )
+        self._process.start()
+        self._wait_for_server()
 
     def stop(self):
         """Stop application process."""
         if self._process:
             self._process.terminate()
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return '<LiveServer listening at %s>' % self.url()
+try:
+    import pytest_services  # noqa
+
+    class LiveServerSubprocess(LiveServerBase):
+        """The helper class uses this to manage live server.
+        Handles creation and stopping application in a subprocess
+        using Popen. Use this if you need more explicit separation
+        between processes.
+
+        :param app: The application to run.
+        :param port: The port to run application.
+        """
+        def __init__(self, app, monkeypatch, watcher_getter, port=None):
+            self.app = app
+            self.port = port or _find_unused_port()
+            self._process = None
+            self.monkeypatch = monkeypatch
+            self.watcher_getter = watcher_getter
+
+        def start(self, **kwargs):
+            """
+            Start application in a separate process.
+
+            To add environment variables to the process, simply do:
+            live_server_subprocess.start(
+                watcher_getter_kwargs={'env': {'MYENV': '1'}})
+            """
+            def worker(app, port):
+                return app.run(port=port, use_reloader=False)
+            super(LiveServerSubprocess, self).start()
+
+            self._process = self.watcher_getter(
+                name='flask',
+                arguments=['run', '--port', str(self.port)],
+                checker=lambda: which('flask'),
+                kwargs=kwargs.get('watcher_getter_kwargs', {}))
+            self._wait_for_server()
+
+        def stop(self):
+            """Stop application process."""
+            if self._process:
+                self._process.terminate()
+
+    @pytest.yield_fixture(scope='function')
+    def live_server_subprocess(request, app, monkeypatch, watcher_getter):
+        """Run application in a subprocess. Use this if you need more explicit
+        separation of processes. Uses os.fork().
+        Requires flask >= 0.11 and the pytest-services plugin.
+
+        When the ``live_server_subprocess`` fixture is applyed,
+        the ``url_for`` function works as expected::
+
+            def test_server_is_up_and_running(live_server_subprocess):
+                index_url = url_for('index', _external=True)
+                assert index_url == 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/'
+
+                res = urllib2.urlopen(index_url)
+                assert res.code == 200
+        """
+
+        server = LiveServerSubprocess(app, monkeypatch=monkeypatch)
+        if request.config.getvalue('start_live_server'):
+            server.start()
+        yield server
+        server.stop()
+
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 
 def _rewrite_server_name(server_name, new_port):
@@ -95,7 +194,7 @@ def _rewrite_server_name(server_name, new_port):
     return sep.join((server_name, new_port))
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope='function')
+@pytest.yield_fixture(scope='function')
 def live_server(request, app, monkeypatch):
     """Run application in a separate process.
 
@@ -104,30 +203,18 @@ def live_server(request, app, monkeypatch):
 
         def test_server_is_up_and_running(live_server):
             index_url = url_for('index', _external=True)
-            assert index_url == 'http://localhost:5000/'
+            assert index_url == 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/'
 
             res = urllib2.urlopen(index_url)
             assert res.code == 200
 
     """
-    # Bind to an open port
-    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    s.bind(('', 0))
-    port = s.getsockname()[1]
-    s.close()
 
-    # Explicitly set application ``SERVER_NAME`` for test suite
-    # and restore original value on test teardown.
-    server_name = app.config['SERVER_NAME'] or 'localhost'
-    monkeypatch.setitem(app.config, 'SERVER_NAME',
-                        _rewrite_server_name(server_name, str(port)))
-
-    server = LiveServer(app, port)
+    server = LiveServerMultiprocess(app, monkeypatch=monkeypatch)
     if request.config.getvalue('start_live_server'):
         server.start()
-
-    request.addfinalizer(server.stop)
-    return server
+    yield server
+    server.stop()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e967be..c893845 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ def get_version():
 
 extras_require = {
     'docs': read('requirements', 'docs.txt').splitlines(),
-    'tests': tests_require
+    'tests': tests_require,
+    'services': ['pytest-services'],
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_live_server.py b/tests/test_live_server.py
index 1c00928..6387308 100755
--- a/tests/test_live_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_live_server.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import pytest
 try:
-    from urllib2 import urlopen
-except ImportError:
     from urllib.request import urlopen
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib2 import urlopen
 
 from flask import url_for
 
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def test_server_is_alive(self, live_server):
         assert live_server._process.is_alive()
 
     def test_server_url(self, live_server):
-        assert live_server.url() == 'http://localhost:%d' % live_server.port
-        assert live_server.url('/ping') == 'http://localhost:%d/ping' % live_server.port
+        assert live_server.url() == 'http://127.0.0.1:%d' % live_server.port
+        assert live_server.url('/ping') == 'http://127.0.0.1:%d/ping' % live_server.port
 
     def test_server_listening(self, live_server):
         res = urlopen(live_server.url('/ping'))
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ def test_server_listening(self, live_server):
         assert b'pong' in res.read()
 
     def test_url_for(self, live_server):
-        assert url_for('ping', _external=True) == 'http://localhost:%s/ping' % live_server.port
+        assert url_for('ping', _external=True) == 'http://127.0.0.1:%s/ping' % live_server.port
 
     def test_set_application_server_name(self, live_server):
-        assert live_server.app.config['SERVER_NAME'] == 'localhost:%d' % live_server.port
+        assert live_server.app.config['SERVER_NAME'] == '127.0.0.1:%d' % live_server.port
 
     @pytest.mark.options(server_name='example.com:5000')
     def test_rewrite_application_server_name(self, live_server):
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ def test_add_endpoint_to_live_server(self, appdir):
         appdir.create_test_module('''
             import pytest
             try:
-                from urllib2 import urlopen
-            except ImportError:
                 from urllib.request import urlopen
+            except ImportError:
+                from urllib2 import urlopen
 
             from flask import url_for