diff --git a/tdeabc/vcardparser/CMakeLists.txt b/tdeabc/vcardparser/CMakeLists.txt
index e141d1f47..692b7829f 100644
--- a/tdeabc/vcardparser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdeabc/vcardparser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ tde_add_check_executable( testread2
   LINK ${TDEABC_TESTS_LINK}
 )
 
+if( CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.4" )
+  if( NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tests" )
+    execute_process( COMMAND ln -s "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tests" )
+  endif( )
+endif()
+
 add_test( NAME tdeabc/vcardparser/testread2 COMMAND testread2 WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" )
 
 # testread tests