diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
index 86b48c849..871009a7d 100644
--- a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,120 +1,125 @@
 include(ECMMarkAsTest)
 
 find_package(Qt5Test ${QT_REQUIRED_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 # needed by loadcalendar
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cal DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 macro(macro_unit_tests)
   foreach(_testname ${ARGN})
     add_executable(${_testname} ${_testname}.cpp)
     add_test(NAME ${_testname} COMMAND ${_testname})
     ecm_mark_as_test(${_testname})
     target_link_libraries(${_testname} KF5CalendarCore Qt5::Test LibIcal)
   endforeach()
 endmacro()
 
 macro_unit_tests(
   testalarm
   testattachment
   testattendee
   testcalfilter
   testcustomproperties
   testduration
   testevent
   testincidence
   testexception
   testfilestorage
   testfreebusy
   testincidencerelation
   testicalformat
   testjournal
   testmemorycalendar
   testperiod
   testfreebusyperiod
   testperson
   testrecurtodo
   testtodo
   testtimesininterval
   testcreateddatecompat
   testrecurrenceexception
   testoccurrenceiterator
   testreadrecurrenceid
   incidencestest
   loadcalendar
   fbrecurring
   readandwrite
   testfb
   testrecurprevious
   testrecurrence
   testrecurrencetype
   testrecurson
   testtostring
   testvcalexport
   testcalendarobserver
 )
 
 set_target_properties(testmemorycalendar PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -DICALTESTDATADIR="\\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/\\"")
 set_target_properties(testreadrecurrenceid PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -DICALTESTDATADIR="\\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/\\"")
 # this test cannot work with msvc because libical should not be altered
 # and therefore we can't add KCALENDARCORE_EXPORT there
 # it should work fine with mingw because of the auto-import feature
 # TODO: check if this can build with msvc now (and if it works on Windows)
 if(NOT MSVC)
   macro_unit_tests(testicaltimezones)
   target_link_libraries(testicaltimezones Qt5::Core KF5::CalendarCore ${LibIcal_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 ########### Tests #######################
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE testFiles data/RecurrenceRule/*.ics)
 file(GLOB_RECURSE vCalFiles data/vCalendar/*.vcs)
 #libical v3 (and above) compatibility is slighty changed from older libical versions.
 #keep 2 sets of reference data, for now.
 if(NOT HAVE_ICAL_3)
   file(GLOB_RECURSE compatFiles data/Compat/*.ics)
 else()
   file(GLOB_RECURSE compatFiles data/Compat-libical3/*.ics)
 endif()
 
-find_program(PERL_EXECUTABLE perl)
+if(WIN32)
+  find_program(PERL_EXECUTABLE perl)
+endif()
 
 macro(kcalcore_run_single_test _prefix _f _test _testarg)
   get_filename_component(_fn ${_f} NAME)
 
   # Write the output file in the build directory.
   string(REGEX REPLACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" _outFile ${_f})
   get_filename_component(_outputPath ${_outFile} PATH)
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${_outputPath})
 
-  set(_runner ${PERL_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/runsingletestcase.pl)
+  set(_runner ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/runsingletestcase.pl)
+  if(WIN32)
+    set(_runner ${PERL_EXECUTABLE} ${_runner})
+  endif()
   add_test(NAME ${_prefix}-${_fn} COMMAND ${_runner} $<TARGET_FILE:${_test}> ${_testarg} ${_f} ${_outFile})
 endmacro()
 
 file(REMOVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FAILED.log)
 
 foreach(file ${testFiles})
   kcalcore_run_single_test(RecurNext ${file} testrecurrence "next")
 endforeach()
 
 foreach(file ${testFiles})
   kcalcore_run_single_test(RecurPrev ${file} testrecurprevious "prev")
 endforeach()
 
 foreach(file ${testFiles})
   kcalcore_run_single_test(RecursOn ${file} testrecurson "recurson")
 endforeach()
 
 if(NOT HAVE_ICAL_3)
   foreach(file ${compatFiles})
     kcalcore_run_single_test(Compat ${file} readandwrite "ical")
   endforeach()
 else()
   foreach(file ${compatFiles})
     kcalcore_run_single_test(Compat-libical3 ${file} readandwrite "ical")
   endforeach()
 endif()
 
 foreach(file ${vCalFiles})
   kcalcore_run_single_test(VCalIn ${file} readandwrite "ical")
 endforeach()