diff --git a/src/Mod/Test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Test/CMakeLists.txt
index 73777daacd..5acbb32b9a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 SET(Test_SRCS
+    __init__.py
     Init.py
     BaseTests.py
     Document.py
diff --git a/src/Mod/Test/__init__.py b/src/Mod/Test/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0272b6451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Test/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import unittest
+
+def runTest(test_case, verbosity=2):
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(test_case)
+    unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=verbosity).run(suite)