2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/plugin_base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/plugin_base.py
index 8e5113954..494e7d5ab 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/plugin_base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/plugin_base.py
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ def setup_options(make_option):
         "mark expression",
     )
     make_option(
+        "--nomypy",
+        action="callback",
+        zeroarg_callback=_set_tag_exclude("mypy"),
+        help="Don't run mypy typing tests; "
+        "this is now equivalent to the pytest -m 'not mypy' mark expression",
+    )
+    make_option(
         "--profile-sort",
         type=str,
         default="cumulative",
@@ -260,10 +267,12 @@ def restore_important_follower_config(dict_):
     """
 
 
-def read_config():
+def read_config(root_path):
     global file_config
     file_config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    file_config.read(["setup.cfg", "test.cfg"])
+    file_config.read(
+        [str(root_path / "setup.cfg"), str(root_path / "test.cfg")]
+    )
 
 
 def pre_begin(opt):
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/pytestplugin.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/pytestplugin.py
index cea07b305..0a70f4008 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/pytestplugin.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/pytestplugin.py
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         group.addoption(name, **kw)
 
     plugin_base.setup_options(make_option)
-    plugin_base.read_config()
 
 
-def pytest_configure(config):
+def pytest_configure(config: pytest.Config):
+    plugin_base.read_config(config.rootpath)
     if plugin_base.exclude_tags or plugin_base.include_tags:
         new_expr = " and ".join(
             list(plugin_base.include_tags)