diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index 744bcdbe8f..fdf6d2fe09 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function execute_tests {
 	rm -rf coverage-html-$1
 	mkdir coverage-html-$1
 	php -f enable_all.php
-	phpunit --log-junit autotest-results-$1.xml --coverage-clover autotest-clover-$1.xml --coverage-html coverage-html-$1
+	phpunit --configuration phpunit-autotest.xml --log-junit autotest-results-$1.xml --coverage-clover autotest-clover-$1.xml --coverage-html coverage-html-$1
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/tests/phpunit-autotest.xml b/tests/phpunit-autotest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23cd123edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit-autotest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<phpunit bootstrap="bootstrap.php">
+	<testsuite name='ownCloud'>
+		<directory suffix='.php'>lib/</directory>
+		<file>apps.php</file>
+	</testsuite>
+	<!-- filters for code coverage -->
+	<whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
+		<directory suffix=".php">..</directory>
+		<exclude>
+			<directory suffix=".php">../3rdparty</directory>
+		</exclude>
+	</whitelist>
+</phpunit>