def system(session):
    """Run the system test suite."""
    system_test_path = os.path.join("tests", "system.py")
    system_test_folder_path = os.path.join("tests", "system")
    # Sanity check: Only run tests if the environment variable is set.
    if not os.environ.get("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", ""):
        session.skip("Credentials must be set via environment variable")

    system_test_exists = os.path.exists(system_test_path)
    system_test_folder_exists = os.path.exists(system_test_folder_path)
    # Sanity check: only run tests if found.
    if not system_test_exists and not system_test_folder_exists:
        session.skip("System tests were not found")

    # Use pre-release gRPC for system tests.
    session.install("--pre", "grpcio")

    # Install all test dependencies, then install this package into the
    # virtualenv's dist-packages.
    session.install("mock", "pytest")
    for local_dep in LOCAL_DEPS:
        session.install("-e", local_dep)
    session.install("-e", "../test_utils/")
    session.install("-e", ".")

    # Run py.test against the system tests.
    if system_test_exists:
        session.run("py.test", "--quiet", system_test_path, *session.posargs)
    if system_test_folder_exists:
        session.run("py.test", "--quiet", system_test_folder_path, *session.posargs)