diff --git a/plugins/perforce/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/perforce/tests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/perforce/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/perforce/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@
     ${kdevperforce_LOG_PART_SRCS}
 )
 
-if(WIN32)
-    add_definitions( "-DP4_CLIENT_STUB_EXE=\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../../bin/p4clientstub.exe\"" )
-else()
-    add_definitions( "-DP4_CLIENT_STUB_EXE=\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../p4clientstub/p4clientstub\"" )
-endif()
+add_definitions( "-DP4_BINARY_DIR=\"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}\"")
 
 ecm_add_test(${perforceplugintest_SRCS}
         TEST_NAME test_kdevperforce
diff --git a/plugins/perforce/tests/test_perforce.cpp b/plugins/perforce/tests/test_perforce.cpp
--- a/plugins/perforce/tests/test_perforce.cpp
+++ b/plugins/perforce/tests/test_perforce.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "test_perforce.h"
 
 #include <QTest>
+#include <QDirIterator>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 
 #include <tests/autotestshell.h>
 #include <tests/testcore.h>
@@ -52,6 +54,19 @@
     AutoTestShell::init({QStringLiteral("kdevperforce")});
     TestCore::initialize();
     m_plugin = new PerforcePlugin(TestCore::self());
+
+    /// During test we are setting the executable the plugin uses to our own stub
+    QDirIterator it(P4_BINARY_DIR , QStringList() << QStringLiteral("*"), QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+    QStringList pathsToSearch;
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+        it.next();
+        pathsToSearch << it.filePath();
+    }
+    QString p4stubPath = QStandardPaths::findExecutable("p4clientstub", pathsToSearch);
+    qDebug() << "found p4stub executable :" << p4stubPath;
+    QVERIFY(!p4stubPath.isEmpty());
+
+    m_plugin->m_perforceExecutable = p4stubPath;
 }
 
 void PerforcePluginTest::cleanupTestCase()
@@ -63,8 +78,6 @@
 
 void PerforcePluginTest::init()
 {
-    /// During test we are setting the executable the plugin uses to our own stub
-    m_plugin->m_perforceExecutable = P4_CLIENT_STUB_EXE;
     removeTempDirsIfAny();
     createNewTempDirs();
 }
@@ -187,7 +200,7 @@
     srcRevision.setRevisionValue(QVariant(1), VcsRevision::GlobalNumber);
     VcsRevision dstRevision;
     dstRevision.setRevisionValue(QVariant(2), VcsRevision::GlobalNumber);
-     
+
     VcsJob* j = m_plugin->diff( QUrl::fromLocalFile(perforceTestBaseDir + perforceTest_FileName), srcRevision, dstRevision);
     VERIFYJOB(j);
 }