diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(misc)
+add_subdirectory(autotests)
+
 if (KF5DocTools_FOUND)
     add_subdirectory(doc)
 endif()
diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+include(ECMAddTests)
+
+find_package(Qt5Test ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
+find_package(KF5CoreAddons ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+
+add_subdirectory(core)
+
+