diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Test/BaseTestCase.php b/library/Businessprocess/Test/BaseTestCase.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Test;
+
+use Icinga\Application\ApplicationBootstrap;
+use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;
+
+abstract class BaseTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /** @var ApplicationBootstrap */
+    private static $app;
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->app();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param null $subDir
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getTestsBaseDir($subDir = null)
+    {
+        $dir = dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__))) . '/test';
+        if ($subDir === null) {
+            return $dir;
+        } else {
+            return $dir . '/' . ltrim($subDir, '/');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return ApplicationBootstrap
+     */
+    protected function app()
+    {
+        if (self::$app === null) {
+            self::$app = Icinga::app();
+        }
+
+        return self::$app;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Test/Bootstrap.php b/library/Businessprocess/Test/Bootstrap.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Test;
+
+use Icinga\Application\Cli;
+
+class Bootstrap
+{
+    public static function cli($basedir = null)
+    {
+        error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
+        if ($basedir === null) {
+            $basedir = dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__)));
+        }
+        $testsDir = $basedir . '/test';
+        require_once 'Icinga/Application/Cli.php';
+
+        if (array_key_exists('ICINGAWEB_CONFIGDIR', $_SERVER)) {
+            $configDir = $_SERVER['ICINGAWEB_CONFIGDIR'];
+        } else {
+            $configDir = $testsDir . '/config';
+        }
+
+        Cli::start($testsDir, $configDir)
+            ->getModuleManager()
+            ->loadModule('businessprocess', $basedir);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
+         backupStaticAttributes="false"
+         colors="true"
+         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
+         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+         processIsolation="false"
+         stopOnFailure="false"
+         syntaxCheck="false"
+         bootstrap="test/bootstrap.php"
+    >
+    <testsuites>
+        <testsuite name="Businessprocess PHP Unit tests">
+            <directory suffix=".php">test/php</directory>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/test/bootstrap.php b/test/bootstrap.php
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+++ b/test/bootstrap.php
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+<?php
+
+use Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Test\Bootstrap;
+
+call_user_func(function() {
+    $basedir = dirname(__DIR__);
+    require_once $basedir . '/library/Businessprocess/Test/Bootstrap.php';
+    Bootstrap::cli($basedir);
+});
diff --git a/test/config/authentication.ini b/test/config/authentication.ini
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diff --git a/test/config/config.ini b/test/config/config.ini
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