diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 79b48462d..6cdcea71c 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
          xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://schema.phpunit.de/4.8/phpunit.xsd"
          backupGlobals="false"
          colors="true"
-         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
+         bootstrap="tests/bootstrap.php"
 >
 
     <testsuites>
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d21c14df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';