diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/declarativeimports/core/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,3 +69,16 @@
 install(FILES private/DefaultToolTip.qml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/plasma/core/private)
 
 ecm_generate_qmltypes(org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/plasma/core)
+
+#also "install" to $BUILD_DIR/bin for unit tests
+add_custom_target(copy ALL DEPENDS corebindingsplugin)
+add_custom_command(TARGET copy POST_BUILD
+                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+                        copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qmldir ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/org/kde/plasma/core/qmldir)
+add_custom_command(TARGET copy POST_BUILD
+                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+                    copy $<TARGET_FILE:corebindingsplugin> ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/org/kde/plasma/core/)
+add_custom_command(TARGET copy POST_BUILD
+                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+                        copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/private/DefaultToolTip.qml ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/org/kde/plasma/core/private/DefaultToolTip.qml)
+