diff --git a/dcop/CMakeLists.txt b/dcop/CMakeLists.txt
index bb1c949e4..7d2b46617 100644
--- a/dcop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dcop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ add_subdirectory( dcopidl )
 add_subdirectory( dcopidlng )
 add_subdirectory( dcopidl2cpp )
 add_subdirectory( client )
+add_subdirectory( tests )
 
 include_directories(
   ${TQT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
diff --git a/dcop/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/dcop/tests/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7bbbcfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcop/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#################################################
+#
+#  (C) 2016 Alexander Golubev
+#  fatzer2 (AT) gmail.com
+#
+#  Improvements and feedback are welcome
+#
+#  This file is released under GPL >= 2
+#
+#################################################
+
+include_directories(
+  ${TQT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dcop
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tdecore
+  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tdecore
+)
+
+link_directories(
+  ${TQT_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+)
+
+
+##### checks ####################################
+
+tde_add_check_executable( dcop_test AUTOMOC
+  SOURCES test.cpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test.skel ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test.h
+  LINK tdecore-shared
+)
+
+tde_add_check_executable( driver AUTOMOC
+  SOURCES driver.cpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test.stub ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test.h
+  LINK tdecore-shared
+)
+
+add_test( NAME dcop-tests COMMAND sh -x "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/run-tests.sh"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" )
+
+
+##### test.h and files ##########################
+
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test.h ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/shell.generated
+  COMMAND perl "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generate.pl"
+    <"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/testcases"
+  DEPENDS testcases generate.pl
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+
+# a hack because *.skel and *.stub files have to be located the same place with the *.h
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test.skel
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_file
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test.skel ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/
+)
+
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test.stub
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_file
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test.stub ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/
+)
diff --git a/dcop/tests/driver.cpp b/dcop/tests/driver.cpp
index 18b983829..73a98fc0d 100644
--- a/dcop/tests/driver.cpp
+++ b/dcop/tests/driver.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Driver::Driver(const char* app)
 
 }
 
-TQTextStream output(  fopen( "driver.returns", "w" ) , IO_WriteOnly );	
-#include <iostream>
+TQTextStream output(  fopen( "driver.returns", "w" ) , IO_WriteOnly );
+
 void Driver::test()
 {
 	// This is written like this to allow the potentially ASYNC calls to be syncronized
diff --git a/dcop/tests/generate.pl b/dcop/tests/generate.pl
index cd4697d3f..9ef1f13fc 100755
--- a/dcop/tests/generate.pl
+++ b/dcop/tests/generate.pl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ print HEADER <<END;
 class Test2;
 
 // this has to work too
-#include <qstring.h>
+#include <tqstring.h>
 
 
 
diff --git a/dcop/tests/run-tests.sh b/dcop/tests/run-tests.sh
index 216c29aef..b088905b0 100644
--- a/dcop/tests/run-tests.sh
+++ b/dcop/tests/run-tests.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ echo '* Running driver mode'
 ./driver `dcop 'TestApp-*'` >driver.stdout
 
 echo '* Running shell mode'
-source shell.generated >shell.returns
+source ./shell.generated >shell.returns
 
 echo -n '* Comparing ... '
 
diff --git a/dcop/tests/testcases b/dcop/tests/testcases
index 0f16bdbe3..e2357eb1c 100644
--- a/dcop/tests/testcases
+++ b/dcop/tests/testcases
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 # Then you should put c++ style arguments: 
 # QString::fromLatin1("string with spaces"),4,"string_with_spaces"
 #
-# Note that the first argument has type QString and the last type const char*
+# Note that the first argument has type TQString and the last type const char*
 # (adapt accordingly)
 #
 // 1. easy case
-QString 
+TQString
 url
 ()
 {
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ getObject
 
 
 // 2.2 overloading on type of args
-QString
+TQString
 identity
-( QString x)
+( TQString x)
 {
 	return x;
 }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ getObject24
 
 
 
-#virtual QString identity( QCString );
+#virtual TQString identity( QCString );
 #
 #// 4. simple template argument:
 #virtual