diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 102011e1c..9913a0eda 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<phpunit bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
+<phpunit bootstrap="tests/bootstrap.php"
          backupGlobals="false"
          backupStaticAttributes="false"
          colors="true"
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f94d45bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Stephen "TheCodeAssassin" Hoogendijk
+ */
+
+// autoload dependencies
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
\ No newline at end of file